Report of eight cases of severe community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella in Chile;Neumonía adquirida en la comunidad. Comunicación de 8 casos de neumonía grave por Legionella pneumophila serogrupo 1 en Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-313

  Cabello A, Hernán ^a   Cortés M, Claudia ^a   Ruiz C, Mauricio ^b   Jover L, Eli ^b   Rivera Ch, Felipe ^b   Segovia R, Erico ^b   Luppi N, Mario ^b   Concha F, Andrés ^b   Descalzi M, Fernando ^b   Cornejo R, Rodrigo ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Pneumonia, bacterial

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0346856130     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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