Clinical characteristics of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection as the sole cause of community-acquired pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 426-428

  File Jr , Thomas M ^a,b,c,d,e   Plouffe Jr , Joseph F ^a,b,c,d   Breiman, Robert F ^a,b,c,d   Skelton, Stephen K ^a,b,c,d  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFECTION;

EID: 0032814247     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520227     Document Type: Article

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