Legionnaire's Disease: A Clinical Diagnostic Approach

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 81-93

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Cunha, Cheston B ^c  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Ferritin; Hypophosphatemia; Microscopic hematuria; Relative bradycardia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE PHOSPHOKINASE; FERRITIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA LIKE ILLNESS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MICROSCOPIC HEMATURIA; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS DISEASE; Q FEVER; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; EPIDEMIC; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FERRITINS; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 85012306174     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: 15579824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2016.10.007     Document Type: Review

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