The atypical pneumonias: clinical diagnosis and importance
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The atypical pneumonias: clinical diagnosis and importance.
The most common atypical pneumonias are caused by three zoonotic pathogens, Chlamydia psittaci (psittacosis), Francisella tularensis (tularemia), and Coxiella burnetii (Q fever), and three nonzoonotic pathogens, Chlamydia pneumoniae, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Legionella. These atypical agents, unlike the typical pathogens, often cause extrapulmonary manifestations. Atypical CAPs are systemic i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1198-743X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01393.x