Persistently positive culture of antimicrobial-susceptible Legionella pneumophila despite appropriate therapy

Legionella pneumophila is a well-known cause of pneumonia that is infrequently cultured in clinical practice. We report a case of an immunocompromised patient with persistently positive L. pneumophila cultures from invasive respiratory samples despite prolonged treatment with appropriate antibiotics...

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Autores principales: Rafiei, Nastaran, Shaw, Briony, Dendle, Claire, Opat, Stephen, Williamson, Deborah, Graham, Maryza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000113

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7494184/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32974578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000113

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