Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: Case report and review

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2321-2323

  Vinh, Donald C ^a   Garceau, Richard ^b   Martinez, Gabriela ^c   Wiebe, Debbie ^d   Burdz, Tamara ^d   Reimer, Aleisha ^d   Bernard, Kathryn ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Georges Dumont Hospital   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA JORDANIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZA COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUINOLINES;

LEGIONELLA JORDANIS;

EID: 34547624839     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00314-07     Document Type: Article

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