Clinical diagnosis of legionnaire's disease: Six characteristic clinical predictors

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2015, Pages e21-e22

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Wu, Gina ^a,b   Raza, Muhammed ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; FERRITIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; QUINOLONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 84931076396     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.01.030     Document Type: Letter

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