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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Autores principales: Zarogoulidis, Paul, Alexandropoulou, Ioanna, Romanidou, Gioulia, Konstasntinidis, Theocharis G, Terzi, Eirini, Saridou, S, Stefanis, Athanasios, Zarogoulidis, Kostas, Constantinidis, TC
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
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

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