Dual infections with different Legionella strains

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wewalka, G ^a   Schmid, D ^a   Harrison, T G ^b   Uldum, S A ^c   Luck C ^d  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b HPA   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Microbiological Surveillance   (Denmark)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case report; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Legionnaires disease; Multiple strain infection

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SOLID TUMOR;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE; MULTIPLE-STRAIN INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84890805970     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12311     Document Type: Article

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