Comparative study of the clinical presentation of legionella pneumonia and other community-acquired pneumonias

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1195-1200

  Sopena, Nieves ^a   Sabrià Leal, Miquel ^a   Pedro Botet, María Lluisa ^a   Padilla, Eduardo ^a   Dominguez, Josep ^a   Morera, Josep ^a   Tudela, Pere ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired infections; Legionella pneumophila; Pneumonia, bacterial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NOCARDIA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0031926246     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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