Pneumonia among Travelers Returning from Abroad

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-91

  Ansart, Séverine ^a   Pajot, Olivier ^a   Grivois, Jean Philippe ^a   Zeller, Valérie ^a   Klement, Elise ^a   Perez, Lucia ^a   Bossi, Philippe ^a   Bricaire, François ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COXIELLA BURNETII; DENGUE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEPTOSPIRA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAVEL;

EID: 1942540757     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.17055     Document Type: Review

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