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Autor:
C. F. Mueller, Kwei-Hay Wong, J. F. Plouffe, R. F. Breiman, B. J. Marston, C. T. Mcconnell, T. M. File, S. K. Skelton
Publikováno v:
Radiology. 192:819-824
PURPOSE: To report the spectrum of radiographic findings associated with a new respiratory pathogen: Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR strain). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Radiographs of 55 adult patients hospitalized with serologic evidence of C pneumoniae were
Autor:
Robert F. Benson, Robert F. Breiman, J F Plouffe, Barbara A. Hackman, D. S. Hill, E. W. Rigby
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 28:1-3
Twenty-two urine samples positive for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen by EQUATE radioimmunoassay (RIA) (Binax, Portland, ME, USA) were stored at various temperatures and the RIA repeated at 1, 7, 30, 90, and 120 days to evaluate stability
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 38(2)
Large percentages of patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP) do not have a defined etiology. Between 1992-1993, 99 acute and convalescent sera were collected from patients with CAP of unknown etiology. The sera were tested using an indirect
Autor:
J E, Sisk, A J, Moskowitz, W, Whang, J D, Lin, D S, Fedson, A M, McBean, J F, Plouffe, M S, Cetron, J C, Butler
Publikováno v:
JAMA. 278(16)
Clinical, epidemiologic, and policy considerations support updating the cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination for elderly people and targeting the evaluation only to prevention of pneumococcal bacteremia.To assess the implications for medica
Autor:
B J, Marston, J F, Plouffe, T M, File, B A, Hackman, S J, Salstrom, H B, Lipman, M S, Kolczak, R F, Breiman
Publikováno v:
Archives of internal medicine. 157(15)
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious diseases in the United States; however, the incidence of most infections causing community-acquired pneumonia in adults is not well defined.We evaluated all adults, residing in 2 counties in O
Autor:
W L, Straus, J F, Plouffe, T M, File, H B, Lipman, B H, Hackman, S J, Salstrom, R F, Benson, R F, Breiman
Publikováno v:
Archives of internal medicine. 156(15)
Legionnaires disease is a common cause of adult pneumonia. Outbreaks of legionnaires disease have been well described, but little is known about sporadically occurring legionnaires disease, which accounts for most infections. Exposure to contaminated
The Legionella Urinary Antigen EIA kit (Binax, Portland, Maine) was compared with the EQUATE RIA Legionella Urinary Antigen kit (Binax) for its ability to detect the presence of urinary antigens to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. Urine specimens
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https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC229069/
https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC229069/
Autor:
J F, Plouffe
Publikováno v:
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease. 25(1)
Levofloxacin had excellent activity in vitro against bacteremic isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae with 495 (99.2%) of 499 isolates being susceptible. A total of 38 (97.4%) of 39 isolates with minimal inhibitory concentrationsor = 0.12 micrograms/m
Publikováno v:
Postgraduate medicine. 99(1)
Characteristic clinical findings of fever, cough, and rhonchi, together with a new infiltrate on chest films and documentation of a pathogen, establish a diagnosis of infectious pneumonia. Several factors have had an impact on the approach to diagnos
Autor:
J F, Plouffe, T M, File, R F, Breiman, B A, Hackman, S J, Salstrom, B J, Marston, B S, Fields
Publikováno v:
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 20(5)
Cases of Legionnaires' disease have been categorized as definitive and presumptive. The sensitivity and specificity of antibody titers ofor = 256 and of urinary antigen ratios ofor = 3 were evaluated in 68 patients with "definitive" Legionnaires' dis