Outbreak of Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection in long-term care facilities and an affiliated hospital

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1243-1247

  Miyashita, Naoyuki ^a   Ouchi, Kazunobu ^a   Shoji, Hisashi ^a   Obase, Yasushi ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^a   Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Oka, Mikio ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFCAPENE PIVOXIL; CLARITHROMYCIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENILE DEMENTIA;

ADULT; AGED; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 100 TO 299; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 28944438181     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46191-0     Document Type: Article

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