Clinical picture of community-acquired Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia requiring hospital treatment: A comparison between chlamydial and pneumococcal pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-189

  Kauppinen, Maritta T ^a,b,c   Saikku, Pekka ^a   Kujala, Pekka ^b   Herva, Elja ^a   Syrjälä, Hannu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Clinical Microbiology Laboratory   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Clinical signs; Community acquired pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0030063108     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.2.185     Document Type: Article

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