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Influence of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection on the Etiology of Community-acquired Pneumonia

Eriko Atsumi, Satomi Yara, Futoshi Higa, Tetsuo Hirata, Shusaku Haranaga, Masao Tateyama, Jiro Fujita

Internal Medicine · 2009 · 24 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

This study demonstrates that HTLV-I infection might be an independent risk factor for CAP and that HTLV-I-infected patients tend to demonstrate a relatively severe form of pneumonia.

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