Mistaken identity: Legionella micdadei appearing as acid-fast bacilli on lung biopsy of a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 89-93

  Waldron, P R ^a   Martin, B A ^b   Ho, D Y ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant; Legionella micdadei; Legionellosis; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANISOMYCIN; CARMUSTINE; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUDARABINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MELPHALAN; POLYMYXIN B; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEVER; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; MEASLES LIKE RASH; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYCARDIA; TATLOCKIA MICDADEI; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84923224723     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tid.12334     Document Type: Article

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