New pneumonia pathogens, particularly Chlamydia pneumoniae and hantaviruses;Neue Pneumonieerreger, insbesondere Chlamydia pneumoniae und Hantaviren

Internist

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 882-889

  Lode, H ^a,c   Steinhoff, D ^a   Schaberg, T ^a   Mauch, H ^b  

^a Pneumologie 1 ^*  (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Pneumologie I   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIBAVIRIN; RIFAMPICIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HANTAVIRUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HANTAVIRUS PULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029760564     PISSN: 00209554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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