Legionella pneumophila pneumonia associated with the use of a home humidifier in an immunocompetent girl;Neumonía por Legionella pneumophila asociada al uso de un humidificador doméstico en una niña inmunocompetente

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 70-72

  Bonilla Escobar, Bertha Angélica ^a   Montero Rubio, Juan Carlos ^a   Martínez Juárez, Guadalupe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Children; Household equipment; Legionellosis; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOME HUMIDIFIER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA PNEUMONIA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AEROSOLES; AEROSOLS; CHILDREN; EQUIPOS DOMÉSTICOS; HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONELOSIS; NIÑOS; PEDIATRICS; PEDIATRÍA;

AEROSOLS; AIR CONDITIONING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FOMITES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84892372326     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.02.042     Document Type: Article

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