Distinctive features between community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to Chlamydophila psittaci and CAP due to Legionella pneumophila admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU)

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2713-2718

  Gacouin, A ^a   Revest, M ^a   Letheulle, J ^a   Fillatre, P ^a   Jouneau, S ^a   Piau, C ^a   Uhel, F ^a   Tattevin, P ^a   Le Tulzo, Y ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE II; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POULTRY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84869136181     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1618-6     Document Type: Article

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