Pneumonia due to Legionella feeleii: Case report and review of the literature: Case report

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-340

  Lee, J ^b   Caplivski, D ^a   Wu, M ^b   Huprikar, S ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community acquired pneumonia; Legionella feeleii; Non pneumophila Legionella

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LEGIONELLA FEELEII; LIVER BIOPSY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SKIN BIOPSY; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; YEAST;

AGED; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 68849105010     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2009.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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