High adenosine deaminase activity in the pleural effusion of a patient with Legionnaires' disease

Respirology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 473-474

  Dikensoy, Oner ^a   Fakili, Fusun ^a   Elbek, Osman ^a   Uysal, Nevin ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Legionnaires' disease; Pleural disease; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CLARITHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA DISEASE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOCENTESIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; PLEURAL EFFUSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 41849121160     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2008.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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