Legionella pneumophila infection in the Taiwan area

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 244-249

  Su, Hsun Pi ^a,b   Tseng, Lei Ron ^a   Chou, Chen Ying ^a   Chung, Tung Ching ^b   Pan, Tzu Ming ^c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Paired serum; Sputum culture; Urine antigen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 27644454172     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0406-y     Document Type: Article

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