Legionnaires' disease in the renal transplant unit of "Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP": during a five year period (1988-1993) Doença dos legionários na Unidade de Transplante Renal (UTR) do Hospital das Clínicas FMUSP, no período de 1988 a 1993

Legionnaires' disease in the renal transplant unit of "Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP": during a five year period (1988-1993) Doença dos legionários na Unidade de Transplante Renal (UTR) do Hospital das Clínicas FMUSP, no período de 1988 a 1993

Several reports have related Legionella pneumophila with pneumonia in renal transplant patients, however this association has not been systematically documented in Brazil. Therefore this paper reports the incidence, by serologycal assays, of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in these patients durin...

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Main Authors: Neusa Augusta de Oliveira Mazieri, Cid Vieira Franco de Godoy, Solange Figueiredo Alves, Dahir Ramos de Andrade, Ana Sara S. Levin, Ana Cristina Hablitzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1994-06-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Legionnaires' disease
Renal transplant unit
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