Legionella pneumophila: Not just pneumonia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 476-477

  Buising, Kirsty L ^a   O'Reilly, Mary A ^a   Paull, Amalie E ^a   Stanley, Peter A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIGEN; BETA LACTAM; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ATAXIA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; FATALITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SLURRED SPEECH; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0035821195     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143378.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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