Infections in Older Adults, An Issue of Infectious Diseas...
Epps, Puja Van, MD (Director, Outpatient Infectious Diseases Clinic, HIV Lead Clinician Site Lead, HIV Telehealth hub , VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Assistant Professor of Medicine) / Canaday, David H. (Associate Director, Geriatric, Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC), Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Staff Physician, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Professor, Medicine, Case Western Reserve University)![Infections in Older Adults, An Issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/425/42594736/CHSBZCOP0342594736.jpg)
In this issue of Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Puja Van Epps and David H. Canaday bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Infections in Older Adults. Of the top ten leading causes of death in older adults, two (influenza and pneumonia, and septicemia) are directly related to infection, and infections likely play an important role in several of the other leading causes of death, as well. In this issu...