Clinical presentation of community-acquired Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia in adults

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Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1776-1781

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Fukano, Hiroshi ^a   Okimoto, Niro ^a   Hara, Hiroki ^b   Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Kurashiki Daiichi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Clinical picture; Community acquired pneumonia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPAN; LABORATORY; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036280002     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.6.1776     Document Type: Article

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