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Established association of legionella with rhabdomyolysis and renal failure: A review of the literature

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019
Legionella causes 2–15% of community acquired pneumonia cases that require hospitalization and it is the second most common cause of serious pneumonia that needs admission in an intensive care unit.
Aayesha J. Soni, Alan Peter
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A community outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Geneva, Switzerland, June to September 2017

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2018
PURPOSE Eight confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease were identified at the Geneva University Hospitals between 28 July 2017 and 02 August 2017, leading to a detailed outbreak investigation.
Marie-Céline Zanella, Sabine Yerly, Abdessalam Cherkaoui, Gesuele Renzi, Aline Mamin, Laura Lourenço Cordes, Elisabeth Delaporte, Zofia Baranczuk-Turska, Olivia Keiser, Jacques Schrenzel, Stephan Harbarth, Valeria Gaia, Laurent Kaiser   +12 more
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Two Cases of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia with Prolonged Neurologic Symptoms and Brain Hypoperfusion on Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 2016
Cerebral and cerebellar symptoms are frequently associated with Legionnaires’ disease. However, corresponding brain lesions are difficult to demonstrate using either computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Hiromitsu Ohta, Susumu Yamazaki, You Miura, Akira Seto, Minoru Kanazawa, Makoto Nagata   +5 more
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Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Murcia, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003
An explosive outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred in Murcia, Spain, in July 2001. More than 800 suspected cases were reported; 449 of these cases were confirmed, which made this the world’s largest outbreak of the disease reported to date. Dates of
Ana García-Fulgueiras, Carmen Navarro, Daniel Fenoll, José García, Paulino González-Diego, Teresa Jiménez-Buñuales, Miguel Rodriguez, Rosa Lopez, Francisco Pacheco, Joaquín Ruiz, Manuel Segovia, Beatriz Baladrón, Carmen Pelaz   +12 more
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Legionnaires' Disease with Facial Nerve Palsy

Case Reports in Medicine, 2011
Legionnaires' disease is primarily a pneumonic process caused by Legionella pneumophilia, a gram-negative aerobic bacillus but also has multiple system involvement.
Shailesh R. Basani, Salwa Mohamed Ahmed, Eyassu Habte-Gabr   +2 more
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Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient

Frontiers in Medicine
Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a serious type of pneumonia, typically contracted by susceptible people through the inhalation of aerosols contaminated with Legionella pneumophila (Lp).
Marilena La Sorda, Ivana Palucci, Ivana Palucci, Daniele Natalini, Silvia Fillo, Francesco Giordani, Francesco Paglione, Francesco Paglione, Anella Monte, Florigio Lista, Fabiola Mancini, Antonietta Girolamo, Maria Cristina Rota, Maria Grazia Caporali, Rosalba Ricci, Christophe Ginevra, Christophe Ginevra, Sophie Jarraud, Sophie Jarraud, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Maria Scaturro, Maria Scaturro, Maria Luisa Ricci, Maria Luisa Ricci   +24 more
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Legionella‐induced dysarthria and rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure achieving recovery

Clinical Case Reports
Key Clinical Message Legionnaires' disease, often presenting as pneumonia, can uncommonly manifest with extrapulmonary symptoms such as cerebellar involvement and rhabdomyolysis.
Husam El Sharu, Soban Ahmad, Hunter Coore   +2 more
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Acute Legionnaires’ Disease–Associated Complete Heart Block

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Legionnaires’ disease is a systemic disease caused by Legionella species that predominantly affects the lungs; however, extrapulmonary manifestations including cardiac involvement have been reported. We present a case of a 79-year-old woman who presented
Iriagbonse Asemota, Andre Montano, Humayun Naqvi, Janice Koshy, Nilesh Mathuria   +4 more
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Loop-mediated isothermal amplification for detection of Legionella pneumophila in respiratory specimens of hospitalized patients in Ahvaz, southwest Iran

Infection and Drug Resistance, 2019
Mojtaba Moosavian,1,2 Sakineh Seyed-Mohammadi,2,3 Morteza Saki,2,3 Fatemeh Shahi,2,3 Mahtab Khoshkholgh Sima,2 Davoud Afshar,4 Sara Barati5 1Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of ...
Moosavian M, Seyed-Mohammadi S, Saki M, Shahi F, Khoshkholgh Sima M, Afshar D, Barati S   +6 more
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Legionnaires' Disease Presenting With Erythema Multiforme in an Immunocompetent Patient. [PDF]

Cureus
Wayzani A, Dib J, Bertrac J.
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