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Legionella pneumonia with acute respiratory distress syndrome, myocarditis and septic shock successfully treated with Drotrecogin Alpha (activated)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2006

H. Bodur
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
Y. Savran
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
U. Koca
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
O. Kilinç
Affiliation:
Department of Chest Diseases, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
S. Albayrak
Affiliation:
Department of Chest Diseases, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
O. Itil
Affiliation:
Department of Chest Diseases, Dokuz Eylül University, School of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey
S. Akoğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Chest Diseases, Mustafa Kemal University, School of Medicine, Hatay, Turkey
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2006 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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