Elevated serum alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels in patients with serologically verified Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 507-510

  Daxboeck, Florian ^a   Gattringer, R ^a   Mustafa, S ^a   Bauer, C ^a   Assadian, O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alanine aminotransferase; ALT levels; Community acquired pneumonia; Liver involvement; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 19744377941     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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