Severe Acute Respiratory Failure Due to Legionella Pneumonia Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 686 - 687
• Main Authors: Ichiba, Shingo, Jenkins, David R., Peek, Giles J., Brennan, Kevin J., Killer, Hilliary M., Sosnowski, Andrezj, Firmin, Richard K.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.03.1999; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Adult; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases of the respiratory system; Biological and medical sciences; Brief Reports; Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation; Female; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Legionella; Legionella pneumophila - isolation & purification; Legionnaires' Disease - complications; Legionnaires' Disease - microbiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mortality; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Bacterial - complications; Pneumonia, Bacterial - microbiology; Respiratory insufficiency; Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology; Respiratory Insufficiency - therapy; Survival rates; Urine; Ventilation systems; Human; Lung disease; Membrane oxygenator; Pneumonia; Prognosis; Legionellaceae; Respiratory disease; Acute; Treatment efficiency; Legionella pneumophila; Legionellosis; Artificial ventilation; Infection; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Respiratory failure; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Complication; Resuscitation
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1086/517219