Legionnaire's disease associated with acute encephalitis and arrhythmia

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1028-1029

  Karim, Anita ^a   Ahmed, Shahid ^a   Rossoff, Leonard J ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Encephalitis; Legionnaire's disease; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036246046     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200205000-00012     Document Type: Article

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