Prognostic factors of severe Legionella pneumonia requiring admission to ICU

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1467-1472

  El Ebiary, Mustafa ^b   Sarmiento, Xavier ^b   Torres, Antoni ^a   Nogué, Santiago ^b   Mesalles, Eduard ^b   Bodí, María ^b   Almirall, Jordi ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMINOPENICILLIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CREATININE; ERYTHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030659466     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.156.5.97-04039     Document Type: Article

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