Mixed lung infection by Legionella pneumophila and Legionella gormanii detected by fluorescent in situ hybridization

Infection

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-245

  Buchbinder, S ^a,b   Leitritz, L ^a   Trebesius, K ^a   Banas, B ^a   Heesemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; RIFAMPICIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY;

EID: 4043140098     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-004-2127-z     Document Type: Article

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