Reliability of radiographic findings and the relation to etiologic agents in community-acquired pneumonia

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 926-932

  Boersma, Wim G ^a   Daniels, Johannes M A ^a   Löwenberg, Alfred ^a   Boeve, Willem Jan ^a   van de Jagt, Eric J ^a  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CAP; Infection; Pneumonia; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG INFILTRATE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPUTUM; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645841327     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.06.018     Document Type: Article

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