Legionella pneumophila aortitis in a heart transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-59

  Guyot, S ^a   Goy, J J ^a   Gersbach, P ^a   Jaton, K ^a   Blanc, D S ^a   Zanetti, G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aortitis; Heart transplantation; Legionella pneumophila

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTITIS; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTA; AORTITIS; CROSS INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33846965946     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00174.x     Document Type: Article

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