Diagnosis of community acquired pneumonia

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2012, Pages 17-20

  Kandi, Subhakar ^a  

^a OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84857096267     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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