Evaluation of the Winthrop-University Hospital criteria to identify Legionella pneumonia

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Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1064-1071

  Gupta, Samir K ^a   Imperiale, Thomas F ^a   Sarosi, George A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical; Clinical decision aids; Community acquired infections; Legionella; Legionellosis; Pneumococcal pneumonia; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034799499     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.4.1064     Document Type: Article

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