Multiple pathogens in adult patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: A one year prospective study of 346 consecutive patients

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 179-184

  Lieberman, David ^a   Schlaeffer, Fransisc ^a   Boldur, Ida ^b   Lieberman, Devora ^a   Horowitz, Shula ^a   Friedman, Maureen G ^a   Leiononen, Maija ^c   Horovitz, Ora ^d   Manor, Esther ^a   Porath, Avi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Savyon Diagnostics Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Community acquired pneumonia; Epidemiology; Israel

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 9044221374     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.2.179     Document Type: Article

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