Legionella species community-acquired pneumonia: A review of 56 hospitalized adult patients

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1243-1249

  Lieberman, David ^a,b   Porath, Avi ^a,b   Schlaeffer, Fransisc ^a,b   Lieberman, Devora ^a,b   Boldur, Ida ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

community acquired pneumonia; Israel; Legionella species

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029983218     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.5.1243     Document Type: Article

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