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Hepatocyte growth factor levels in
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2011 Background Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is known to be involved in the resolution of pulmonary inflammation and repair of acute lung injury. Legionella pneumonia is sometimes complicated by acute lung injury.
Yara Satomi +11 more
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Legionella Pneumonia in Late Pregnancy [PDF]
American Journal of Case Reports, 2019 BACKGROUND Legionella pneumonia can be an aggressive form of pneumonia. However, it is rare in pregnant women, particularly in the peripartum period. To the best of our knowledge this is the only case of Legionella pneumonia with endometrial sepsis. We are reporting a patient with this rare condition.
Mosaad-Boktor, Hany K., Lee, Stephen A.
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alpha-Hydroxyketone Synthesis and Sensing by Legionella and Vibrio [PDF]
, 2012 Bacteria synthesize and sense low molecular weight signaling molecules, termed autoinducers, to measure their population density and community complexity. One class of autoinducers, the α-hydroxyketones (AHKs), is produced and detected by the water-borne
Hubert Hilbi +3 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Legionella is an aerobic, gram-negative, intracellular pathogen and is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Legionella pneumophila is the most common causative agent of Legionella pneumonia.
Chunhong Bu +5 more
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with Legionella pneumonia
Acta Medica Academica, 2011 Objective. The relationship between specific causative organisms and development of ARDS in pneumonia patients has not been explored. Several case reports have described the development of ARDS in patients with Legionella pneumonia.
Marija Kojicic +2 more
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Quantification of viable Legionella pneumophila cells using propidium monoazide combined with quantitative PCR. [PDF]
, 2011 One of the greatest challenges of implementing fast molecular detection methods as part of Legionella surveillance systems is to limit detection to live cells. In this work, a protocol for sample treatment with propidium monoazide (PMA) in combination
Soria-Soria, Elena +11 more
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In vivo efficacy of sivelestat in combination with pazufloxacin against Legionella pneumonia. [PDF]
, 2010 It is important to regulate excessive inflammation when patients with severe infectious disease are treated. Sivelestat sodium hydrate (sivelestat), a neutrophil elastase inhibitor, is used in the treatment of lung injury but its effect on bacterial ...
Yamada, Koichi +21 more
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Detection of protozoan hosts for Legionella pneumophila in engineered water systems by using a biofilm batch test [PDF]
, 2010 Legionella pneumophila proliferates in aquatic habitats within free-living protozoa, 17 species of which have been identified as hosts by using in vitro experiments. The present study aimed at identifying protozoan hosts for L.
Bart A. Wullings +6 more
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cases in a community hospital: A 12-month retrospective review
SAGE Open Medicine, 2014 Background: Legionella pneumonia has long been recognized as an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, the description of the incidence of this disease is restricted to sporadic cases
Sunkaru Touray +4 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1993 Legionella sp has been emerging over the last decade as an important cause of pneumonia both hospital and community-acquired. Following an outbreak in a Renal - Transplant Unit stocked serum was tested for antibodies against Legionella pneumophila ...
Anna Sara S. Levin +5 more
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