Discrimination between Legionnaires' Disease and Pneumococcal Pneumonia Based on the Clinical and Laboratory Features: A Quantitative Approach Using the Modified Winthrop-University Hospital Weighted Point System

Objective Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a common form of lobar pneumonia, but the optimum diagnostic modality has long been a subject of debate due to incomplete sensitivity and specificity. A delay in the initiation of specific therapy for LD is associated with increased mortality. The decisio...

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Autores principales: Yamakuchi, Hiroki, Hamada, Yohei, Urakami, Tosiharu, Aoki, Yosuke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250292

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5399197/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28250292

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