Community-acquired Legionella pneumonia: Data from the CAPNETZ study;Ambulant erworbene Legionellenpneumonie: Aktuelle Daten aus dem CAPNETZ

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 688-692

  Von Baum, H ^a   Luck C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CAPNETZ Study Group   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAP; Clinical course; Diagnostic procedures; Legionella pneumonia; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79957972002     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-011-1287-0     Document Type: Article

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