Mycoplasma pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia: A review of 101 hospitalized adult patients

Respiration

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Liebennan, David ^a   Schlaeffer, Fransisc ^a   Liebennan, Devora ^a   Horowitz, Shula ^a   Horovitz, Ora ^b   Porath, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Savyon Diagnostics Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community acquired; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029737652     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000196557     Document Type: Article

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