Chlamydia pneumoniae community-acquired pneumonia: A review of 62 hospitalized adult patients

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-114

  Lieberman, D ^a   Ben Yaakov, M ^b   Lazarovich, Z ^b   Porath, A ^a   Schlaeffer, F ^a   Leinonen, M ^d   Saikku, P ^e   Horovitz, O ^c   Boldur, I ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Savyon Diagnostics Ltd   (Israel)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 9244245732     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713313     Document Type: Article

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