The first clinical isolate of Legionella parisiensis, from a liver transplant patient with pneumonia

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1706-1709

  Lo Presti, François ^a   Riffard, Serge ^a   Vandenesch, François ^a   Reyrolle, Monique ^a   Ronco, Esthel ^b   Ichai, Philippe ^c   Etienne, Jerome ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0010803916     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.7.1706-1709.1997     Document Type: Article

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