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Severe Legionella Pneumonia in Which Serial Testing by Ribotest(Ⓡ) Legionella was Useful for the Diagnosis

A 79-year-old man presented with chest pain, and urinary antigen tests for Legionella pneumophila (ImmunoCatch(Ⓡ) Legionella and Ribotest(Ⓡ) Legionella) were negative on admission. The next day, rapid respiratory failure suggested Legionella pneumonia, and levofloxacin was added. Since a lung infilt...

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Autores principales: Motokura, Yumi, Ito, Akihiro, Ishida, Tadashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641205/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36889700
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.0766-22

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