Fatal coinfection with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 8 and Aspergillus fumigatus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-195

  Guillouzouic, Aurélie ^a   Bemer, Pascale ^a   Gay Andrieu, Françoise ^a   Bretonnière, Cédric ^a   Lepelletier, Didier ^a   Mahé, Pierre Joachim ^a   Villers, Daniel ^a   Jarraud, Sophie ^b   Reynaud, Alain ^a   Corvec, Stéphane ^a  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Coinfection; Corticosteroid; Legionella pneumophila serogroup 8

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE; CASPOFUNGIN; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149079852     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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