Microbiological etiology in clinically diagnosed community-acquired pneumonia in primary care in Örebro Sweden

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 645-652

  Lagerström, Folke ^a,b,c   Bader, M ^a   Foldevi, M ^b   Fredlund, H ^d   Nordin Olsson, I ^a   Holmberg, H ^d  

^a Varberga Health Centre   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Child Health Care Unit   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Microbiological etiology; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NASOPHARYNX; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SWEDEN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LEGIONELLA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0042527371     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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