Cerebellar Involvement in Legionellosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-64

  Shelburne, Samuel A ^a,b   Kielhofner, Marcia A ^a   Tiwari, Pinky S ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Legionella; Neurologic; Pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

ADULT; ATAXIA; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE;

EID: 1642458092     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000104843.78816.49     Document Type: Review

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