Chest CT Findings and Clinical Features in Mild Legionella Pneumonia

Objective To evaluate mild Legionella pneumonia (LP) by chest CT, and clinical features. Patients In June 2000, an outbreak of LP occurred in Japan. Eight patients with mild LP (seven men, one woman; mean age 55.9 years) had fevers of more than 38°C, but respiratory symptoms were observed only in fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 2003, Vol.42(6), pp.477-482
Hauptverfasser:	YAGYU, Hisanaga, NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki, TSUCHIDA, Fumihiro, SUDOU, Akihiko, KISHI, Koji, OH-ISHI, Shuuji, MATSUOKA, Takeshi
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system Biological and medical sciences Cohort Studies Disease Outbreaks DNA, Bacterial - analysis Female Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infectious diseases Japan - epidemiology Legionella - isolation & purification Legionnaires' Disease - diagnostic imaging Legionnaires' Disease - epidemiology Male Medical sciences Middle Aged outbreak peripheral lung consolidation Pleural Effusion - diagnostic imaging Polymerase Chain Reaction Risk Assessment Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index symptoms Tomography, X-Ray Computed Urban Population
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