A Culture-Proven Case of Community-Acquired Legionella Pneumonia Apparently Classified as Nosocomial: Diagnostic and Public Health Implications

We report a case of Legionella pneumonia in a 78-year-old patient affected by cerebellar haemangioblastoma continuously hospitalised for 24 days prior to the onset of overt symptoms. According to the established case definition, this woman should have been definitely classified as a nosocomial case...

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Autores principales: Bargellini, Annalisa, Marchesi, Isabella, Marchegiano, Patrizia, Richeldi, Luca, Cagarelli, Roberto, Ferranti, Greta, Borella, Paola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/303712

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3582109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23476661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/303712

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