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A case of legionella pneumonia caused by home use of continuous positive airway pressure

A 67-year-old woman with morbid obesity and severe obstructive sleep apnea presented to the emergency department with 2 days of productive cough, fever, shortness of breath and loose stools. A chest x-ray showed extensive bilateral infiltrates, and she was quickly intubated for acute hypoxic respira...

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Autores principales: Schnirman, Ruby, Nur, Nasifa, Bonitati, Alice, Carino, Gerardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5721956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29238576
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17744981