Fulminant psittacosis requiring mechanical ventilation and demonstrating serological cross-reactivity between Legionella longbeachae and Chlamydia psittaci

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 203-205

  Soni, Rajeev ^a   Paul Seale, J ^a   Young, Iven H ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legionella; Psittacosis; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; MALE; ORNITHOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CANARIES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARROTS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSITTACOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0033039340     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00176.x     Document Type: Article

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