An unusual case of hospital-acquired infection: Legionella Longbeachae

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-338

  Dhillon, Rohan ^a   Bastiampillai, Tarun ^a   Hong, Sharon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ADULT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BODY TEMPERATURE DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; URINARY FREQUENCY; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70249086984     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802673022     Document Type: Letter

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