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A case of Legionnaires’ disease with severe rhabdomyolysis misdiagnosed as COVID-19

Heliyon, 2022
Background: COVID-19 case numbers have begun to rise with the recently reported Omicron variant. In the last two years, COVID-19 is the first diagnosis that comes to mind when a patient is admitted with respiratory symptoms and pulmonary ground-glass ...
Basak Sayinalp-Arslan, Ahmet Gorkem Er, Mehmet Yildirim, Banu Kilicaslan, Seda Banu Akinci, Omrum Uzun   +5 more
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Infection of cultured human endothelial cells by Legionella pneumophila. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2008
Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative pathogen that causes a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that L. pneumophila infects and grows within cultured human endothelial cells. Endothelial infection
Lucius Chiaraviglio, Daniel A Brown, James E Kirby   +2 more
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Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease [PDF]

, 2016
Correspondence to the Editor.Legionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of ...
Almeida, Sónia, Antunes, Delfina M., Borges, Vítor, Capucho, Rui, Correia, Ana M., Ferreira, Joana S., Gomes, Bernardo, Gomes, João Paulo, Gonçalves, Jorge, Gonçalves, Paulo, Guerreiro, Marta, Machado, Jorge, Mendes, Ana, Nunes, Alexandra, Sampaio, Daniel A., Simões, Maria João, Vieira, Luís   +16 more
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Legionnaires’ disease: A critical report of the pneumonia of unknown origin outbreak in Argentina

Global Biosecurity, 2022
An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin was identified in a health facility in Tucumán, Argentina in August 2022. Initial laboratory testing has suggested Legionella pneumophila and Legionella spp.
Evangeline Reiko Kenrick Gardiner, Adriana Notaras, Mohana Priya Kunasekaran, Ashley Quigley   +3 more
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Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease at a medical center in northern Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019
Background/purpose: Legionella pneumophila had been recognized as an important pathogen for community-acquired pneumonia. We aimed to investigate clinical features and outcomes of patients with Legionnaires' disease at a tertiary medical center in ...
Wei-Fang Kao, Jann-Tay Wang, Wang-Huei Sheng, Yee-Chun Chen   +3 more
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Legionnaires’ disease in the time of COVID-19

Pneumonia, 2021
Due to similarities in initial disease presentation, clinicians may be inclined to repeatedly test community-acquired pneumonia cases for COVID-19 before recognizing the need to test for Legionnaires’ disease.
Kelsie Cassell, J Lucian Davis, Ruth Berkelman   +2 more
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Hyponatremia and anti-diuretic hormone in Legionnaires’ disease [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Medical textbooks often list Legionnaires’ disease as a differential diagnosis of the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) (SIADH), but evidence supporting this association is largely lacking.
Beat Mueller, Mirjam Christ-Crain, null null, Philipp Schuetz, Sebastian Haubitz, Werner C Albrich, Werner Zimmerli   +6 more
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Legionella pneumonia in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada: a case series

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016
Background Legionella pneumophila, a major cause of Legionnaires’ disease, accounts for 2–15 % of all community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and up to 30 % of community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission.
Stephanie Cargnelli, Jeff Powis, Jennifer L. Y. Tsang   +2 more
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Cluster of legionnaires’ disease in an Italian prison [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Legionella pneumophila (Lp) is the most common etiologic agent causing Legionnaires’ Disease (LD). Water systems offer the best growth conditions for Lp and support its spread by producing aerosols.
Cala C., Capra G., Di Carlo P., Distefano S. A., Fasciana T., Giammanco A., Mascarella C., Palermo M., Rampulla A.   +8 more
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Nodular Legionnaire disease [PDF]

American Journal of Roentgenology, 1981
Legionnaire disease is now recognized to be an acute bacterial pneumonitis caused by the fastidious, Gram-negative bacillus Legionella pneumophila. In a review of 35 cases, Kirby et al. [1 ] reported that all patients had pulmonary infiltrates nadiographically at some time in their course with pleural effusion in most cases.
J B, Carter, R K, Wolter, G, Angres, P, Saltzman   +3 more
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