Mechanism of formation of the orange-colored sputum, in pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1931-1934

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Touyama, Masato ^b   Chibana, Kenji ^b   Koide, Michio ^a   Haranaga, Shusaku ^a   Higa, Futoshi ^a   Tateyama, Masao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Yonabaru Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Legionella pnewnophila; Orange colored; Pneumonia; Sputum

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BREATHING RATE; CASE REPORT; COLOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SMOKING; SPUTUM EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

COLOR; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPUTUM;

EID: 37549015583     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0444     Document Type: Article

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