Literature DB >> 463939

Legionnaires' disease. A cause of severe abscess-forming pneumonia.

S Lewin, L R Brettman, E J Goldstein, R S Holzman, H Devila, F Taubman, M F Sierra, P H Edelstein.   

Abstract

In two previously well nonsmokers fatal pneumonia developed with extensive abscess formation. Legionnaires' bacillus was the only pathogen isolated. These cases indicate that Legionnaires' bacillus is capable of causing extensive necrosis of the lung.

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Year:  1979        PMID： 463939     DOI： 10.1016/0002-9343(79)90411-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Med        ISSN： 0002-9343            Impact factor:   4.965


  5 in total

1.  Loculated pleural effusion caused by Legionella pneumophilia.

Authors:  A P Freedman; E Coodley; R F Johnston; L Goodman; S M Katz
Journal:  Thorax       Date:  1982-01       Impact factor: 9.139

2.  Legionnaires' disease in New York City, August-September 1978.

Authors:  L G Cordes; W D Goldman; J S Marr; S M Friedman; J D Band; E O Rothschild; H Kravitz; J C Feeley; D W Fraser
Journal:  Bull N Y Acad Med       Date:  1980-06

3.  Eight cases of Legionnaires' disease.

Authors:  M T Cheung
Journal:  Can Med Assoc J       Date:  1980-10-07       Impact factor: 8.262

4.  Comparison of liquid growth media for Legionella pneumophila.

Authors:  A Saito; R D Rolfe; P H Edelstein; S M Finegold
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  1981-12       Impact factor: 5.948

5.  Community-acquired lung abscess caused by Legionella micdadei in a myeloma patient receiving thalidomide treatment.

Authors:  Louis P Girard; Daniel B Gregson
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2007-07-03       Impact factor: 5.948
  5 in total

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