Prevalence of positive serology for acute Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in emergency department patients with persistent cough

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-183

  Wright, Seth W ^a   Edwards, Kathryn M ^a   Decker, Michael D ^a   Grayston, J Thomas ^b   Wang, San Pin ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchitis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; cough; emergency department; lung diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0031042640     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1997.tb03737.x     Document Type: Article

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