Legionella jordanis pneumonia unresponsive to fluoroquinolones in a non-immunocompromised host

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-320

  Baty, Vincent ^a   Hoen, Bruno ^a   Schuhmacher, Hélène ^a   Amiel, Corinne ^a   Reyrolle, Monique ^b   Garin, Hervé ^c   Canton, Philippe ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c Dir Departementale Affaires S   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0347833008     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709019054     Document Type: Article

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