Chlamydophila pneumoniae infection among basic underwater demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) candidates, Coronado, California, July 2008

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 320-323

  Coon, Robert G ^a   Balansay, Melinda S ^a   Faix, Dennis J ^a   Hawksworth, Anthony W ^a   Patterson, Matthew B ^b   Blair, Patrick J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Naval Special Warfare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DRUG COMBINATION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CALIFORNIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952348162     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00370     Document Type: Article

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