Legionnaires' disease and HIV infection: An opportunistic infection?;Legionelosis e infección por el virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana: ¿Infección oportunista?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 123, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 582-584

  Pedro Botet, María Luisa ^a,b   Cruz, Arantxa García ^a   Sopena, Nieves ^a   Domínguez, María Jesús ^a   Sarroca, Odile ^a   Joly, Celestino Rey ^a   Sabrià, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Legionella; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 9944259016     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13068012     Document Type: Review

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