Monotherapy treatment with levofloxacin 500mg per day during 10 days in outpatients in a Legionella pneumophila outbreak in June 2006

B. Fernández, I. Clavera, F. J. Michel, I. Pascal, V. M. Eguía, F. J. Domínguez (Pamplona, Spain)

Source: Annual Congress 2007 - Antibiotic treatment in community-acquired pneumonia
Session: Antibiotic treatment in community-acquired pneumonia
Session type: Electronic Poster Discussion
Number: 1881
Disease area: Respiratory infections

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