Legionella, Chlamydia pneumoniae and Mycoplasma infection in patients admitted to Christchurch Hospital with pneumonia

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 1090, 1999, Pages 222-224

  Chambers, S T ^a   Town, G I ^a   Neill, A M ^a   Frampton, C ^a   Murdoch, D R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033603127     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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