[Q fever in hospital-acquired pneumonia].
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.
Okimoto
Niro
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Center of Respiratory Diseases, Kawasaki Medical School Kawasaki Hospital.
Nanba
Fumiyo
F
Kibayashi
Takashi
T
Kishimoto
Michihiro
M
Yamato
Kenji
K
Kurihara
Takeyuki
T
Honda
Yoshihiro
Y
Osaki
Kohichi
K
Asaoka
Naoko
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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*