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Community-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophila, the utility of PCR, and a review of the antibiotics used
INTRODUCTION: There are at least 40 types of Legionella bacteria, half of which are capable of producing disease in humans. The Legionella pneumophila bacterium, the root cause of Legionnaires’ disease, causes 90% of legionellosis cases. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the case of a 60-year-old woman...
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Dove Medical Press
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056326/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21403787 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S15654 |