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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First Case of Legionnaire's Disease Caused by Legionella anisa in Spain and the Limitations on the Diagnosis of Legionella non-pneumophila Infections. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of pneumonia, with worldwide relevance, caused by Legionella spp. Approximately 90% of all cases of legionellosis are caused by Legionella pneumophila, but other species can also be responsible for this infection ...
Lucianna Vaccaro +15 more
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Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3
Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2020 Legionella pneumophilia remains an important cause of pneumonia that can cause substantial clinical morbidity and mortality. We describe a case involving a 67-year-old woman with legionella pneumonia who developed diffuse alveolar hemorrhage.
Arnab Chowdhury +2 more
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Adverse reactions of biological therapies in patients with psoriasis [PDF]
, 2017 Psoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated disorder characterized by well demarcated, erythematous plaques covered by thick, silvery-white scales, most often located on the knees, elbows, sacral area and scalp.
Georgescu, Simona R. +5 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.While providing potentially life‐saving cardiorespiratory support for critically ill patients, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may detrimentally affect pharmacokinetic (PK) performance and concurrent drug efficacy and safety. We describe a patient with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) in the context of acquired immunodeficiency ...
Tom C. Zwart +7 more
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Guinea pigs sublethally infected with aerosolized Legionella pneumophila develop humoral and cell-mediated immune responses and are protected against lethal aerosol challenge. A model for studying host defense against lung infections caused by intracellular pathogens. [PDF]
, 1987 We have employed the guinea pig model of L. pneumophila infection, which mimics Legionnaires' disease in humans both clinically and pathologically, to study humoral and cell-mediated immune responses to L.
Breiman, RF, Horwitz, MA
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Legionella pneumonia cases over a five-year period: a descriptive, retrospective study of outcomes in a UK district hospital [PDF]
, 2013 As the recent outbreaks in Edinburgh and Camarthen, UK, have shown, Legionella pneumonia (LP) remains a significant public health problem, which is not only confined to those who have travelled abroad.
Guleri, Achyut +5 more
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iMeta, EarlyView.The study presents a large‐scale single‐cell transcriptomic atlas profiling over 612,010 peripheral immune cells from 97 individuals to decode the heterogeneity of influenza infection. These findings indicate a fundamental immune dichotomy determining clinical trajectories: a protective, monocyte‐centric antiviral state in mild disease versus a ...
Yi Wang +13 more
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Frontiers in ImmunologyThe immunocompromised population is susceptible to Legionella pneumonia. The diagnosis and treatment of Legionella pneumonia in immunocompromised individuals are challenging clinical endeavors.
Yingying Chen +5 more
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Severe Legionella Pneumophila Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Success Story 300 Kilometers Away. [PDF]
, 2016 The most significantoutbreak of Legionella pneumophila, or Legionnaires' Disease, ever registered in Portugal occurred in 2014, and was considered one of the largest in European history.
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