Epidemiology of Legionella pneumonia and factors associated with Legionella-related mortality at a tertiary care center

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1479-1486

  Tkatch, Lisa S ^a   Kusne, Shimon ^b   Irish, William D ^c   Krystofiak, Sharon ^c   Wing, Edward ^c  

^a Pinnacle Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032450212     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515040     Document Type: Article

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