Legionella pneumonia: Infection during immunosuppressive therapy for idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 82-84

  Boyce, Thomas G ^a,b   Wylam, Mark E ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Corticosteroids; Immunosuppression; Legionella pneumophila; Legionellosis; Legionnaire's disease; Pontiac fever; Pulmonary hemosiderosis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVOFLOXACIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BATH; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMONIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG HEMOSIDEROSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LUNG DISEASES; OFLOXACIN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIFAMPIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0842347660     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000107016.09468.80     Document Type: Article

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