Legionnaires' disease in immunocompromised patients: A case report of Legionella longbeachae pneumonia and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 384-387

  Kümpers, Philipp ^a   Tiede, Andreas ^a   Kirschner, Philip ^a   Girke, Jutta ^a   Ganser, Arnold ^a   Peest, Dietrich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 40549124282     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47556-0     Document Type: Review

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