Q fever pneumonia in French Guiana: Prevalence, risk factors, and prognostic score

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-74

  Epelboin, Loïc ^a,c   Chesnais, Cédric ^a,d   Boullé, Charlotte ^d   Drogoul, Anne Sophie ^b   Raoult, Didier ^e   Djossou, Félix ^a   Mahamat, Aba ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LA GUYANE   (French Guiana)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; Q FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862179727     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis288     Document Type: Review

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