Respiratory syndrome and respiratory tract infections in foreign-born and national travelers hospitalized with fever in Italy

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 190-196

  Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Beltrame, Anna ^a   Saleri, Nuccia ^a   Bisoffi, Zeno ^b   Allegri, Roberto ^c   Volonterio, Alberto ^d   Giola, Massimo ^e   Perini, Paolo ^f   Galimberti, Laura ^g   Visonà, Raffaella ^h   Donisi, Alessandra ⁱ   Giani, Gloria ^j   Scalzini, Alfredo ^k   Gaiera, Giovanni ^l   Ravasio, Laura ^g   Carvalho, Anna C C ^a   Gulletta, Maurizio ^c   Caligaris, Silvio ^a   Pizzocolo, Cecilia ^a   Marocco, Stefania ^b   Cadeo, Gian Pietro ^c   Grossi, Paolo ^e   Orani, Anna ^f   Moroni, Mauro ^g   Rizzardini, Giuliano ^h   Alberici, Francesco ⁱ   Vigevani, Marco ^j   Perboni, Giorgio ^k   Lazzarin, Adriano ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^e University Hospital   (Italy)

^f A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^h SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ Civile Hospital   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k CARLO POMA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^l SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOPTYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TACHYPNEA; TRAVEL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 24944505958     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2005.12404     Document Type: Article

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