Tuberculosis is the commonest cause of pneumonia requiring hospitalization during Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makkah)

Journal of Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-306

  Alzeer, A ^a,e   Mashlah, A ^b   Fakim, N ^c   Al Sugair, N ^d   Al Hedaithy, M ^a   Al Majed, S ^a   Jamjoom, G ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Chest Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; SAUDI ARABIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031841897     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)94315-8     Document Type: Article

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