Neumonia due to Legionella pneumophila. Experience gathered in a University Hospital in Buenos Aires;Neumonia por Legionella pneumophila. Experiencia en un Hospital Universitario de Buenos Aires

Medicina

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-102

  Luna, Carlos M ^a,c   Folco, Javier Brea ^a   Aruj, Patricia ^a   Rebora, Karina ^a   Balsebre, Claudia ^a   Absi, Ruben ^b   Vay, Carlos ^b   De Mier, Carmen ^b   Famiglietti, Angela ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacterial pneumonia; Etiology; Gram negative bacilli; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL;

AGED; ARGENTINA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 4444252500     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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