Factors influencing the case-fatality rate of Legionnaires' disease

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 407-412

  Dominguez, A ^a,b,c   Alvarez, J ^b   Sabria, M ^d   Carmona, G ^b   Torner, N ^b   Oviedo, M ^b,c   Cayla, J ^c,e   Minguell, S ^b   Barrabeig, I ^b   Sala, M ^b   Godoy, P ^b,c   Camps, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat of Catalonia ^*  (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^e AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Case fatality rate; Disease notification; Legionella; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CASE FATALITY RATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN;

EID: 62349086783     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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