Legionella-like and other amoebal pathogens as agents of community-acquired pneumonia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1026-1029

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a,d   Raoult, Didier ^b   La Scola, Bernard ^b   Birtles, Richard J ^b   De Carolis, Emidio ^c   Duperval, R ^e   Field, S ^e   Louie, T ^e   Houston, S ^e   Gribble, M ^e   Williams, K ^e   Nicolle, L ^e   Grossman, R ^e   Salit, I ^e   Saginur, R ^e   Gregson, D ^e   Laverdiere, M ^e   Joly, Jean ^e   Marrie, T ^e   Hutchinson, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CEFACLOR; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; AFIPIA; AGED; AMOEBA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIA ACANTHAMOEBA; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0035202525     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0706.010619     Document Type: Article

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