Legionnaires' disease: New clinical perspective from a prospective pneumonia study

Victor L. Yu; Frank J. Kroboth; John W. Shonnard; Arnold Brown; Sara McDearman; Margaret H. Magnussen

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(82)90727-6

Keywords

MedicineLegionnaires' diseasePneumoniaStreptococcus pneumoniaeLegionella pneumophilaLegionellaInternal medicineIntensive care medicinePediatricsAntibioticsMicrobiology

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Year: 1982
Type: article
Volume: 73
Issue: 3
Pages: 357-361
Citations: 214
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                                    Victor L. Yu, 
                                
                                    Frank J. Kroboth, 
                                
                                    John W. Shonnard
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1982). 
                            Legionnaires' disease: New clinical perspective from a prospective pneumonia study. 
                            The American Journal of Medicine
                            , 73
                            (3)
                            , 357-361.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(82)90727-6
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(82)90727-6