… Costerton, JW, Marrie, TJ 1983. The role of the bacterial glycocalyx in resistance to
antimicrobial agents. In RoLe of the Envelope in the SurvivaL of Bacteria in Infection. …

Q fever is a zoonosis caused by Coxiella burnetii. Infection with C burnetii can be acute or
chronic, and exhibits a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations. The extreme infectivity of the …

We studied all patients with community-acquired pneumonia who were admitted to our 800-bed
adult acute care hospital from 1 November 1981 to 15 March 1987. The 719 patients …

Background There is considerable variability in rates of hospitalization of patients with
community-acquired pneumonia, in part because of physicians' uncertainty in assessing the …

This document is an update of the original 1993 statement on community-acquired
pneumonia, incorporating new information about bacteriology, patient stratification, diagnostic …

The fatigue impact scale (FIS) was developed to improve our understanding of the effects of
fatigue on quality of life. The FIS examines patients' perceptions of the functional limitations …

… Marrie TJ, … Marrie TJ, Durant H, Yates L … Mandell LA, Marrie TJ, Grossman RF, Chow
AW, Hyland RH …

… In a review of CAP, Marrie stated that 8%–10% of all admitted patients will have positive
blood culture results and that a pneumococcus accounts for 60% of the cases of bacteremia [98]…

ContextLarge variations exist among hospitals in the use of treatment resources for
community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Lack of a common approach to the diagnosis and treatment …

Query (Q) fever, due to Coxiella burnetii, is a ubiquitous zoonosis. It was first described by
Derrick (29) in 1935 in Queensland, Australia, during an outbreak of a febrile illness among …