How often is a work-up for Legionella pursued in patients with pneumonia? A retrospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hollenbeck, Brian ^a   Dupont, Irene ^b   Mermel, Leonard A ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMONIA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINE ANTIGEN TESTING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052559368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-237     Document Type: Article

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