Reactive Legionella pneumophila arthritis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

Rheumatology International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-416

  Naito, Tateaki ^a   Suda, Takafumi ^a   Saga, Kumiko ^a   Horii, Toshinobu ^b   Chida, Kingo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33846327964     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-006-0223-3     Document Type: Letter

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