Comparative study of the clinical presentation of Legionella pneumonia and other community-acquired pneumonias.

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Published in Chest on May 01, 1998

Authors

N Sopena1, M Sabrià-Leal, M L Pedro-Botet, E Padilla, J Dominguez, J Morera, P Tudela

Author Affiliations

1: Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol Badalona, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.

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