Community-acquired pneumonia caused by Legionella longbeachae in an immunocompetent patient

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 545-548

  Diederen, B M W ^a   Van Zwet, A A ^b   Van Der Zee, A ^a   Peeters, M F ^a  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b Groningen en Drenthe and Diaconessenhuis   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CROSS REACTING ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEVOFLOXACIN; RNA 16S;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM;

EID: 26244443727     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-1368-9     Document Type: Article

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