Severe form of Legionnaires' disease in an immunocompetent patient

Severe form of Legionnaires' disease in an immunocompetent patient

Background. Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila (LP). The disease occurs more often in immunocompromised persons and can be manifested by severe pneumonia, multiple organ failure and has a high mortality. Case report. Immunocompetent patient, male, 53- yea...

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Hlavní autoři: Andrijević Ilija, Matijašević Jovan, Považan Đorđe, Kojičić Marija, Batranović Uroš
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia 2009-01-01
Edice:Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Témata:
Legionnaires' disease
penumonia
diagnosis, differential
respiratory distress syndrome, adult
treatment outcome
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