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Case report: The value of early application of mNGS technology in the diagnosis and treatment of severe Legionnaires’ disease: reports of two cases with different outcomes [PDF]

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundLegionnaires’ disease has a high clinical mortality rate, and early diagnosis and treatment are critical. Increasing evidence shows that metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) has excellent potential for the early identification of ...
Jianqing Fang, Zhe Wang, Yu Shen, Xuenong Wu, Hao Fang, Xiaokui Sun, Ting Yu, Qingqing Zhang   +7 more
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Severe Legionnaires’ disease [PDF]

Annals of Intensive Care
Background Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is a common but under-diagnosed cause of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), although rapid detection of urine antigen testing (UAT) and advances in molecular testing have improved the diagnosis. LD entails intensive
Jordi Rello, Camille Allam, Alfonsina Ruiz-Spinelli, Sophie Jarraud   +3 more
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Physicians’ degree of awareness regarding the risks, clinical practices, and management challenges of nosocomial legionnaires’ disease: A cross-sectional study from two Ethiopian hospitals [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine
Objectives: Legionella pneumophila is a waterborne bacterium known to cause Legionnaires’ disease, a severe form of pneumonia particularly affecting older and immune compromised individuals.
Etsub Brhanesilassie Hailemichael, Adey Feleke Desta, Girma Taye, Sirak Robele Gari, Sibhatu Biadgilign, Wondwossen Amogne   +5 more
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Legionnaires' disease on azithromycin leading to lofty liver levels [PDF]

IDCases
Legionnaires' disease is a serious, life-threatening pneumonia caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila. Legionella is a gram-negative bacillus transmitted via inhalation of water droplets, usually from air conditioners or hot tubs.
Sagar Modh, Mark Grijalva, Vignesh Krishnan, Angel Chacko, Shraboni Dey, Paranjyothy Rao Pirangi Sanjeeva, Adam Atoot   +6 more
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Legionnaires' disease – a qualitative study on Swiss physicians' approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of community-acquired pneumonia

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2022
BACKGROUND: The number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease has increased significantly over the last decade in Switzerland and abroad. Along with the number of cases, the volume of testing has increased as well, which has been partially ...
Fabienne B. Fischer, Michael J. Deml, Daniel Mäusezahl   +2 more
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Legionnaires disease: history of the discovery, the main stages of the study pathogen and infection

Терапевтический архив, 2022
The article discusses main directions and stages of the 45 years of Legionnaires disease study. Analysis of epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics of infection show as unknown until 1976 microorganism occupied a notable niche in the etiology of severe ...
Igor S. Tartakovsky, Viktor V. Maleev
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Exposure to potting soils and compost material as potential sources of Legionella pneumophilia in Australia

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical community-acquired pneumonia usually caused by Legionella pneumophilia, which is typically associated with exposure to tower cooling or water systems. In Australia, Legionnaires’ disease is more commonly caused
Chee H. Loh, Rajeev Soni
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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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Legionnaires’ Disease and Use of Tumor Necrosis Factor-Αlpha Inhibitors: A Forthcoming Problem?

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Aim: To establish a review in the current literature and to analyze the relation Legionnaires’ disease – TNF-α inhibitors, in order to estimate the real indications for such connection.Material and Methods: The electronic data for PubMed and Google Scholar have been searched, according to the vocabulary: legionellosis, epidemiology, outbreak ...
Nanovic, Zorica, Petrovska, Milena
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