Community-acquired pneumonia: Aetiologic changes in a limited geographic area. An 11-year prospective study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 495-499

  Fernandez Alvarez R ^a   Suarez Toste I ^a   Rubinos Cuadrado, G ^a   Torres Lana, A ^a   Gullon Blanco J A ^a   Jimenez A ^a   Gonzalez Martin I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34347369750     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0323-3     Document Type: Article

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