Clinical Characteristics of Q Fever and Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in a Tropical Region of Southern Taiwan: A Prospective Observational Study

• Chung-Hsu Lai,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Lin-Li Chang,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Jiun-Nong Lin,

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Wei-Fang Chen,

  Affiliation Division of Infection Control Laboratory, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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• Yu-Feng Wei,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Chien-Tung Chiu,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Jiun-Ting Wu,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Chi-Kuei Hsu,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Jung-Yueh Chen,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Ho-Sheng Lee,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan

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• Hsi-Hsun Lin,

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

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• Yen-Hsu Chen

  * E-mail: infchen@gmail.com

  Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

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