The clinical diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease: The diagnostic value of combining non-specific laboratory tests

Journal of Infection

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 395-397

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; PHOSPHORUS; PROCALCITONIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRADYCARDIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMPIRICISM; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; ORNITHOSIS; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; Q FEVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FERRITINS; HUMANS; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 42649128391     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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