Importance of Q fever in community acquired pneumonia

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 370-373

  Goyette, Monique ^a   Bouchard, Jean ^b   Poirier, André ^b   Morrier, Eric ^b   Artsob, Harvey ^b   Corbeil, Francois ^b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Sainte Marie   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Coxiella burnetti; pneumonia; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; Q FEVER;

EID: 0030452732     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1996/458960     Document Type: Article

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