Pancreatic involvement in Legionella pneumonia

Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 367-370

  Franchini, S ^a   Marinosci, A ^a   Ferrante, L ^a,b   Sabbadini, M G ^a,b   Tresoldi, M ^a   Dagna, L ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumonia; Pancreatic involvement

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BACKACHE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONFUSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FALLING; FEMALE; FEVER; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETHARGY; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA; PAIN INTENSITY; PANCREATITIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOMNOLENCE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; WEAKNESS; COMPLICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; PANCREATITIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 84930624202     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-014-0716-z     Document Type: Article

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