Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia in Hospitalized Patients. A 3-Year Prospective Study in Japan

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1588-1593

  Ishida, Tadashi ^a   Hashimoto, Toru ^a   Arita, Machiko ^a   Ito, Isao ^a   Osawa, Makoto ^a  

^a KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Etiology; Legionella pneumonia; Prospective study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032246223     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.6.1588     Document Type: Article

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