Legionella feeleii pneumonia and pericarditis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-279

  Sviri, S ^a,c   Raven, D ^a   Boldur, I ^b   Safadi, R ^a   Libson, E ^a   Ben Yehuda, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b National Center for Legionellosis   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; ERYTHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN STEARATE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; SERODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030737540     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(97)94535-7     Document Type: Article

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