Legionella pneumonia complicated by myocarditis and torsades de pointes: A case report and review of literature

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 331-334

  Gowani, Saqib Ali ^a   Kumar, Anupam ^a   Arora, Sabeena ^a   Lahiri, Bimalin ^a  

^a Saint Francis Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TORSADES DE POINTES;

EID: 84879635146     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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