The relationship between diagnostic tests and case characteristics in Legionnaires' disease

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 425-432

  Jespersen, Sanne ^a   SØgaard, Ole Schmeltz ^a   Fine, Michael J ^b,c   Østergaard, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; URINARY ANTIGEN TESTING;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 72149088217     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902946536     Document Type: Article

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