Roentgenographic findings of pneumonia caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae: A comparison with Streptococcus pneumonia

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 1851-1856

  Kauppinen, Maritta T ^a,b,c   Lähde, Seppo ^b   Syrjälä, Hannu ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0029791116     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.16.1851     Document Type: Article

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