Legionella

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 4, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 25-27

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Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CLARITHROMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEMODIALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG LAVAGE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; SPUTUM CULTURE; URINALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; CROSS INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LEGIONELLOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644402704     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6135.2004.00721.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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