Community-acquired pneumonia by Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1-6 in Brazil

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 966-975

  Chedid, Maria Bernadete F ^a,c   Ilha, Darcy de O ^b   Chedid, Marcio F ^a   Dalcin, Paulo R ^a   Buzzetti, Mary ^a   Jaconi Saraiva, Paulo ^a   Griza, Daniela ^a   Menna Barreto, Sergio S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Radiology Service   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Community acquired pneumonia; Legionella urinary antigen; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20444417802     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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