Legionella bozemanii pulmonary abscess in a pediatric allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 760-762

  Miller, Martha L ^a,b   Hayden, Randall ^a   Gaur, Aditya ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscess; Legionella; Pediatric; Transplant

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 34548806529     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318054e338     Document Type: Article

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