Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in severe community-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1222-1226

  Trisolini, Rocco ^a   Agli, Luigi Lazzari ^a   Cancellieri, Alessandra ^a   Procaccio, Leonarda ^a   Candoli, Piero ^a   Alifano, Marco ^a   Patelli, Marco ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Community acquired pneumonia; Intensive care unit; Legionella; Lymphoblast

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOBLAST; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

AGED; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 8644288258     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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