Legionella maceachernii pneumonia in a patient with HIV infection

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-145

  Dumoff, Kimberly ^a   McGovern, Paul C ^a   Edelstein, Paul H ^a   Nachamkin, Irving ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPICILLIN; CEFAPIRIN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA MACEACHERNII; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 5044224050     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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