Persistent culture-positive Legionella infection in an immunocompetent adult [7]

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 765-766

  Gläser, Sven ^a   Weitzel, Thomas ^a   Schiller, Reinhold ^a   Suttorp, Norbert ^a   Luck P C ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 23844530875     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432627     Document Type: Letter

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