Impact of positive legionella urinary antigen test on patient management and improvement of antibiotic use

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1302-1305

  Garbino, J ^a   Bornand, J E ^a   Uckay I ^a   Fonseca, S ^a   Sax, H ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BETA-LACTAMS; CARBAPENEMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MACROLIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 10044243904     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.018861     Document Type: Article

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