Severe Legionella pneumophila pneumonia associated with the public bath on a cruise ship in Japan

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-131

  Kobayashi, Atsuko ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshifumi ^a   Chou, Sumito ^a   Hashimoto, Satoru ^b  

^a Saiseikai Suita Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cruise ship; Legionella pneumophila; Public bath

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHIP; TAIWAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEDICINE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRAVEL;

AGED; BATHS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; NAVAL MEDICINE; SHIPS; TRAVEL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 3142692951     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-003-0218-0     Document Type: Article

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