Legionnaires' disease - Results of a multicentre Canadian study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a,d   De Carolis, Emidio ^b   Yu, Victor L ^c   Stout, Janet ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d 2F130 W C M Hlth Sci Ctr   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired pneumonia; Canada; Legionella; Legionella urine antigen; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANADA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; URINALYSIS; URINE ANTIGEN ASSAY;

EID: 0038001006     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2003/951567     Document Type: Article

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