Outbreak of Pneumonia in the Setting of Fatal Pneumococcal Meningitis among US Army Trainees: Potential Role of Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection

BACKGROUND: Compared to the civilian population, military trainees are often at increased risk for respiratory infections. We investigated an outbreak of radiologically-confirmed pneumonia that was recognized after 2 fatal cases of serotype 7F pneumococcal meningitis were reported in a 303-person mi...

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Autores principales: Dawood, Fatimah S, Ambrose, John F, Russell, Bruce P, Hawksworth, Anthony W, Winchell, Jonas M, Glass, Nina, Thurman, Kathleen, Soltis, Michele A, McDonough, Erin, Warner, Agnes K, Weston, Emily, Clemmons, Nakia S, Rosen, Jennifer, Mitchell, Stephanie L, Faix, Dennis J, Blair, Patrick J, Moore, Matthew R, Lowery, John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-157

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121612/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21635754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-11-157

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