A culture-proven case of community-acquired legionella pneumonia apparently classified as nosocomial: Diagnostic and public health implications

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Bargellini, Annalisa ^a   Marchesi, Isabella ^a   Marchegiano, Patrizia ^b   Richeldi, Luca ^a   Cagarelli, Roberto ^c   Ferranti, Greta ^a   Borella, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Public Health Service Bologna   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG LAVAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VON HIPPEL LINDAU DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 85006542638     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/303712     Document Type: Article

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