title: [Q fever in hospital-acquired pneumonia].
abstract: We studied the effects of Q fever in hospital-acquired pneumonia. The subjects consisted of 121 cases with hospital-acquired pneumonia treated during the period from December 2004 till June 2007. Q fever was diagnosed using a PanBio Coxiella burnetii ELISA test kit. There were no patients with acute infection by Coxiella burnetii. It is concluded that C. burnetii cannot induce onset of hospital-acquired pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Center of Respiratory Diseases, Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital.
authors.forename: Niro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okimoto
authors.forename: Fumiyo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nanba
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kibayashi
authors.forename: Michihiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: Takeyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurihara
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Kohichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asaoka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011778:Q Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*