Neurologic and psychiatric manifestations of Legionnaires' disease;Neurologische und psychiatrische Symptomatik bei der Legionellainfektion

Nervenarzt

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 342-345

  Plaschke, M ^a   Strohle A ^a   Then Bergh, F ^a   Backmund, H ^a   Trenkwalder, C ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Legionella infection; legionellosis; Legionnaires' disease; neurologic and psychiatric manifestations

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DELIRIUM; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 0031008385     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050134     Document Type: Article

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