Epidemiological and environmental investigations of Legionella pneumophila infection in cattle and case report of fatal pneumonia in a calf

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1942-1947

  Fabbi, Massimo ^a   Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani ^b   Scanziani, Eugenio ^c   Magnino, Simone ^a   Matteo, Luigi D I ^d  

^a Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim L   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d PMIP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031839093     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1942-1947.1998     Document Type: Article

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