| [legionnaires' disease. first observations in catalonia (author's transl)]. | the authors report the first two cases of legionnaires' disease from catalonia. both patients were chronic bronchitic males, and the cases were sporadic. the onset of the disease was characterized by a febrile illness with muscle and joint pains, respiratory symptoms (cough and mucous sputum production), and mental changes. there were no digestive complaints. pulmonary consolidation occurred in both patients in the left upper lobe. blood chemistries disclosed the existence of an absolute lymphop ... | 1981 | 7253729 |
| incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and chlamydia pneumoniae infection: a prospective multicentre study. | this one year prospective multicentre study was designed to determine the incidence of community-acquired pneumonia in adults. it was carried out in primary health care centres and three reference hospitals, located in the 'maresme' region (barcelona, spain) serving a population of 39,733 subjects over 13 years of age. patients suspected of having contracted community-acquired pneumonia were visited by their family doctors and referred to the three reference hospitals for confirmation of the dia ... | 1993 | 7710453 |
| community outbreak of acute respiratory infection by mycoplasma pneumoniae. | we present the results of the investigation of an epidemic outbreak of mycoplasma pneumoniae infection which affected 95 schoolchildren from certain village in catalonia. the investigation took an epidemiological, clinical and microbiological approach, detecting by capture enzyme-immunoassay technique the presence of igm antibodies against m. pneumoniae. all cases occurred over a 9 week period. the attack rate in children under five was 18% and 8.2% in those from 5-14 years. the age mean and sta ... | 1996 | 8817190 |