Prevalence of pneumonia due to legionella pneumophila and mycoplasma pneumoniae in a population admitted to a department of internal medicine

Respiration

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 331-335

  Bozzoni, M ^a   Radice, L ^a   Frosi, A ^a   Vezzoli, S ^a   Cuboni, A ^a   Vezzoli, Francesco ^a  

^a University School of Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical relationship; Community acquired; Legionella pneumophila; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Nosocomial; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0028807632     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196475     Document Type: Article

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