Prevalence of Legionella antibodies in immunocompromised patients

• Authors: Agnieszka Sikora , Maria Kozioł-Montewka , Andrzej Książek , Agnieszka Grzebalska , Anna Bednarek-Skublewska , Anna Steć , Sławomir Rudzki , Jacek Furmaga , Jolanta Paluch-Oleś , Agnieszka Magryś , Magdalena Karaś
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Keywords

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Legionella pneumophila antibodies; Risk factors; Dialysis patients; Patients post-renal transplantation

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 208-212

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2013

online

23 - 1 - 2013

Contributors

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Agnieszka Sikora

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

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Maria Kozioł-Montewka

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

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Andrzej Książek

• Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Agnieszka Grzebalska

• Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Anna Bednarek-Skublewska

• Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Anna Steć

• Department of Nephrology, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Sławomir Rudzki

• I Chair and Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Jacek Furmaga

• I Chair and Department of General and Transplant Surgery and Nutritional Treatment, Medical University of Lublin, Jaczewskiego 8, 20-090, Lublin, Poland

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Jolanta Paluch-Oleś

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

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Agnieszka Magryś

• Department of Medical Microbiology, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 1, 20-093, Lublin, Poland

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Magdalena Karaś

• Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Akademicka 19, 20-033, Lublin, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0120-y