Pathogenicity of the family Legionellaceae

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Palusińska Szysz, Marta ^a   Cendrowska Pinkosz, Monika ^b  

^a MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Legionnaires disease; Pontiac fever

Indexed keywords

MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

AEROSOL; ANIMAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; LEGIONELLACEAE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEVER; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLACEAE; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MACROLIDES; PNEUMONIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 70349264306     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-009-0035-8     Document Type: Review

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