Legionella pneumophilia serogroup 1 pneumonia recurrence postbone marrow transplantation

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 961-963

  Gonzalez, Ivan A ^a   Martin, Judith M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Cytomegalovirus; Immunocompromised; Legionella; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; GANCICLOVIR; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 34848891261     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31812565aa     Document Type: Article

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