Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3 pneumonia in a patient with low-grade 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mencacci, Antonella ^a   Corbucci, Cristina ^a   Castellani, Alessio ^b   Furno, Paolo ^b   Bistoni, Francesco ^a   Vecchiarelli, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALEMTUZUMAB; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA LACTAM; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUDARABINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 3 PNEUMONIA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LOOSE FECES; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80051637420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-387     Document Type: Article

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