Chest computed tomographic findings and clinical features of legionella pneumonia

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 950-955

  Kim, Kyung Won ^a   Goo, Jin Mo ^a,b   Lee, Hyun Ju ^a   Lee, Ho Yun ^a   Park, Chang Min ^a   Lee, Chang Hyun ^a   Im, Jung Gi ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Legionella; Legionnaire disease; Pneumonia; Radiography

Indexed keywords

PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; CLINICAL FEATURES; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; GROUND-GLASS OPACITY; HIGH DOSE; LEGIONELLAE; LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; STEROID THERAPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

AZATHIOPRINE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36649016709     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e31804b211d     Document Type: Article

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