Highly elevated serum ferritin levels as a diagnostic marker for Legionella Pneumonia

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1789-1791

  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; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; FERRITIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALITIS; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATURIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE;

EID: 43949115241     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588053     Document Type: Letter

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