Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 4 Isolated from Joint Tissue

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1365-1366

  Linscott, Andrea J ^a,b   Poulter, Melinda D ^a   Ward, Kevin ^a   Bruckner, David A ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 4; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVIUM; URTICARIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; JOINTS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 4; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1542618319     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1365-1366.2004     Document Type: Article

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