Profile of bacterial pneumonia during Hajj

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 510-513

  Asghar, Atif H ^a   Ashshi, Ahmad M ^a   Azhar, Esam I ^b   Bukhari, Syed Z ^c   Zafar, Tariq A ^a   Momenah, Aiman M ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HERA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Candida; Hajj; Pneumonia; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROWDING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERUM; SPUTUM; AGE; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIGION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CROWDING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SPUTUM; TRAVEL;

EID: 79958042326     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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