Severe alveolar haemorrhage in Legionella pneumonia [3]

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-

  Marruchella, Almerico ^a   Franco, Cosimo ^a  

^a Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alveolar haemorrhage; Legionella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LETTER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; RIFAMPIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037540051     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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3. Pasculle AW: Pathogenesis and pathology of legionellosis. Semin Respir Infect 1987; 2 (4): 222-7.