Legionella feeleii pneumonia and pericarditis
| Autor: | E. Libson, D. Raveh, Arie Ben-Yehuda, I. Boldur, Rifaat Safadi, S. Sviri |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Pericarditis Internal medicine Pneumonia Bacterial medicine Humans Pericardial disease Antibacterial agent Legionellosis biology Legionella feeleii business.industry Respiratory disease Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification respiratory tract diseases Pneumonia Infectious Diseases Bacterial etiology Lung disease Immunology business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Infection. 34:277-279 |
| ISSN: | 0163-4453 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0163-4453(97)94535-7 |
| Popis: | Legionella feeleii pneumonia has been described in seven cases, three of them being immunocompromised. We describe a case of L. feeleii pneumonia and pericarditis in a healthy man. Epidemiological survey was not conclusive. To the best of our knowledge, there have been no previous descriptions of pericarditis caused by this organism. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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