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Community-acquired pneumonia

S.P. Stone
- 19 Dec 1998 - 
- Vol. 352, Iss: 9145, pp 2019-2019
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 1998-12-19. It has received 1403 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Community-acquired pneumonia.

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Semi-quantitative analysis of Streptococcus pneumoniae urinary antigen: kinetics of antigen titers and severity of diseases.

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Regulation of phagocyte lifespan in the lung during bacterial infection.

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Long-term impact of postoperative pneumonia after curative gastrectomy for elderly gastric cancer patients.

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Severe cytomegalovirus (CMV) community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in a nonimmunocompromised host

TL;DR: This case should remind clinicians that influenza and adenovirus are diagnostic considerations in patients presenting with severe CAP with diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltrates accompanied by severe hypoxemia in normal hosts.
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