Fatal hospital-acquired legionella pneumonia in a neonate

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-281

  Shachor Meyouhas, Yael ^a   Kassis, Imad ^a   Bamberger, Ellen ^b   Nativ, Tova ^b   Sprecher, Hannah ^c   Levy, Itzhak ^d   Srugo, Isaac ^a  

^a MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c Microbiology Laboratory   (Israel)

^d SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Neonate; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; GENTAMICIN; RNA 16S;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE A; HEPATOMEGALY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINE CULTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

EID: 77649209448     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c176c9     Document Type: Article

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