Acute purulent exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 349-353

  Mogulkoc, Nesrin ^a   Karakurt, Sait ^b   Isalska, Barbara ^b   Bayindir, Ülkü ^b   Çelikel, Turgay ^b   Korten, Volkan ^b   Çolpan, Nesrin ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032772257     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.160.1.9809041     Document Type: Article

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