Legionella pneumophila infection in Taiwan: A preliminary report

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 536-539

  Pan, Tzu Ming ^a,b   Yea, Hsiao Ling ^a   Huang, Hua Choue ^a   Lee, Chih Lung ^a   Horng, Chi Byi ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^b Executive Yuan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030184279     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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