Q fever pneumonia: CT findings

Radiology

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 880-883

  Voloudaki, Argyro E ^a   Kofteridis, Diamantis P ^a   Tritou, Ioanna N ^a   Gourtsoyiannis, Nicholas C ^a   Tselentis, Yiannis J ^a   Gikas, Achilleas I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Computed tomography (CT), comparative studies; Lung, CT; Lung, infection; Lung, radiography; Q fever

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034113219     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.215.3.r00jn21880     Document Type: Article

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