Extremely elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESRs) in Legionnaires' disease

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1567-1569

  Cunha, B A ^a,b   Strollo, S ^a,b   Schoch, P ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; FERRITIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78651302189     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1016-x     Document Type: Article

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