Treatment and outcome of 104 hospitalized patients with legionnaires' disease

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 484-488

  Howden, B P ^a   Stuart, R L ^a   Tallis, G ^b   Bailey, M ^c   Johnson, P D R ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Legionella; Legionellosis; Legionnaires' disease; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHLEBITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROXITHROMYCIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VICTORIA;

EID: 0344581061     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5994.2003.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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