Impact of the 1997 revised Centers for Disease Control criteria on case rates of legionellosis in Taiwan: Review of 38 cases at a teaching hospital, 1998-2002

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Lay, Chorng Jang ^a   Yu, Kwok Woon ^b   Chi, Chih Yu ^c   Lai, Chung Hsu ^a   Wong, Wing Wai ^a,d   Liu, Cheng Yi ^a  

^a Section of Infectious Diseases   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Indirect fluorescent antibody technique; Legionellosis; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22244471096     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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