Pneumococcal community-acquired pneumonia in 148 hospitalized adult patients

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 863-870

  Porath, A ^a,b   Schlaeffer, F ^a,b   Pick, N ^a,b   Leinonen, M ^c   Lieberman, D ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAXELLA (BRANHAMELLA) CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUSES;

EID: 0031457521     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01700551     Document Type: Article

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