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Severe Sepsis With Septic Shock as a Consequence of a Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia Resulting From a Combined Legionella pneumophila and Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection

Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a frequent cause of intensive care unit (ICU) admission in adults and the sixth leading cause of death worldwide. Although co-infections have been previously reported, the co-existence of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Legionella pneumophila is exceedingly rare. D...

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Autores principales: Orsini, Jose, Frawley, Brendan J, Gawlak, Hannah, Gooch, Rebecca, Escovar, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7571607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33094037
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.10966