Is it possible to distinguish between atypical pneumonia and bacterial pneumonia?: Evaluation of the guidelines for community-acquired pneumonia in Japan

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 952-960

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Fukano, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydia pneumoniae; Community acquired pneumonia; Guideline; Haemophilus influenzae; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 11144353378     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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