Cavitary Legionella pneumonia in a liver transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Fraser, T G ^a   Zembower, T R ^a   Lynch, P ^a   Fryer, J ^a   Salvalaggio, P R O ^a   Yeldandi, A V ^a   Stosor, Valentina ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Disease   (United States)

Author keywords

Legionella pneumophila; Legionellosis; Liver transplantation; Lung abscess

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OKT 3; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LOBECTOMY; LUNG ABSCESS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SPUTUM CULTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG ABSCESS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 9144262381     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00053.x     Document Type: Article

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