Legionella bozemanii pneumonia in three patients with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 97-99

  Harris, Anthony ^a   Lally, Michelle ^a   Albrecht, Mary ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; DAPSONE; DIDANOSINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG ERUPTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031855468     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514618     Document Type: Article

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