Community-acquired pneumonia by Chlamydophila pneumoniae: a clinical and incidence study in Brazil

As there was not any data on Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) infections in Brazil so far, a prospective cohort study of adult patients hospitalized due to CAP was carried out for one year in a Brazilian university general hospital to detect the incidence of CAP by Chlamydophila pneumoniae (TWAR) for one...

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Main Authors: Maria Bernadete Chedid, Márcio Fernandes Chedid, Darcy Oliveira Ilha, Mary Clarisse Bozzetti, Letícia Chaves, Daniela Griza, Paulo Roth Dalcin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
CAP
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000100018&lng=en&tlng=en