Legionella waltersii - A novel cause of pneumonia?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1505-1507

  König, Corinne ^a   Hebestreit, Helge ^a   Valenza, Guiseppe ^b   Abele Horn, Marianne ^b   Speer, Christian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Interstitial pneumonia; Legionella; PCR; Steroid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA WALTERSII; LUNG INFILTRATE; MYCOPLASMA; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 27144482429     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352505100     Document Type: Article

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