Legionella pneumonia in an immunocompetent child;La légionellose chez l'enfant immunocompétent: À propos d'un cas

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Akou'ou, M H ^a   Oger, M ^a   Gras, G ^a   Eckart, P ^a   Penniello, M J ^a   Vergnaud, M ^b   Guillois, B ^a  

^a CHU Clemenceau   (France)

^b CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Legionella pneumophilia infections; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONELLA; MYCOPLASMA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MACROLIDES; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 18844455298     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-693X(05)80012-0     Document Type: Article

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