Pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of Legionella infections;Pathogenese, Diagnostik und Therapie der Legionella-Infektion

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 439-449

  Lück, P Christian ^a,b   Steinert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnostic methods; Legionella; Legionella pneumonia; Pathogenesis; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CIPROFLOXACIN; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPING; URINE; VIRULENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AZA COMPOUNDS; AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; OFLOXACIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUINOLINES; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 33646763834     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-006-1254-3     Document Type: Article

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