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Fatal Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 pleural empyema: A case report

BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila (L. pneumophila) is a gram-negative intracellular bacillus composed of sixteen different serogroups. It is mostly known to cause pneumonia in individuals with known risk factors as immunocompromised status, tobacco use, chronic organ failure or age older than 50 ye...

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Autores principales: Maillet, François, Bonnet, Nicolas, Billard-Pomares, Typhaine, El Alaoui Magdoud, Fatma, Tandjaoui-Lambiotte, Yacine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6854392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31750087
http://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v8.i6.99