Atypical pathogens in adult patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia in Korea

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 157-159

  Lee, Seung Joon ^d   Lee, Myung Goo ^a   Jeon, Man Jo ^a   Jung, Ki Suck ^a   Lee, Hye Kyeong ^b   Kishimoto, Toshio ^c  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Korea National Institute of Health   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036823043     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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