Abnormal radiological findings and a decreased carbon monoxide transfer factor can persist long after the acute phase of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-611

  Jonkers, R E ^a   Lettinga, K D ^a   Pels Rijcken, T H ^a   Prins, J M ^a   Roos, C M ^a   Van Delden, O M ^a   Verbon, A ^a   Bresser, P ^a   Jansen, H M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 1442351738     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381199     Document Type: Article

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