Etiological Diagnosis of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adult Patients: A Prospective Hospital-Based Study in Mashhad, Iran.

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Published in Jundishapur J Microbiol on August 29, 2015

Authors

Hamidreza Naderi1, Fereshte Sheybani1, Mohammadreza Sarvghad1, Zahra Meshkat2, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Infectious Diseases, Imam Reza Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
2: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran.
3: Department of Statistics, Faculty of Mathematics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, IR Iran.

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