Legionella pneumophila: A highly topical health issue;Legionella pneumophila: Un problema sanitario de permanente actualidad

Revista Clinica Espanola

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 61-63

  Pahissa Berga, A ^a   Falco Ferrer V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 1942507995     PISSN: 00142565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13058798     Document Type: Editorial

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