Bullous emphysema after Legionella pneumonia in a two-year-old child

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 86-87

  Gervaix, Alain ^a   Beghetti, Maurice ^a   Rimensberger, Peter ^a   Posfay Barbe, Klara ^a   Barazzone, Constance ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Legionella pneumophila; Macrolide; Pulmonary cavitation

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033955410     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200001000-00021     Document Type: Article

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