Multiple pathogens in adult patients admitted with community-acquired pneumonia: a one year prospective study of 346 consecutive patients.

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Published in Thorax on February 01, 1996

Authors

D Lieberman1, F Schlaeffer, I Boldur, D Lieberman, S Horowitz, M G Friedman, M Leiononen, O Horovitz, E Manor, A Porath

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Internal Medicine, Soroka Medical Center of Kupat Holim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

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