Liver cirrhosis as a predisposing condition for legionnaires' disease: A report of four laboratory-confirmed cases from China

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART7, 2012, Pages 1023-1028

  Qin, Tian ^a   Xia, Jie ^b   Ren, Hongyu ^a   Zhou, Haijian ^a   Tang, Bo ^b   Shao, Zhujun ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b 302 MILITARY HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEST TIGHTNESS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DYSPNEA; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHINA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862699997     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.040170-0     Document Type: Article

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