Clinical utility of a Legionella pneumophila urinary antigen test in a large university teaching hospital

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 85-88

  Dionne, Michel ^a,b   Hatchette, Todd ^a,b   Forward, Kevin ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical utility; Legionella species; Urinary antigen testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SPUTUM CULTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY ANTIGEN TEST;

EID: 0037642395     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/642159     Document Type: Article

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