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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...
Autores principales: | Schnirman, Ruby, Nur, Nasifa, Bonitati, Alice, Carino, Gerardo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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