Legionnaire's Disease
| Autor: | John L. Brusch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty biology business.industry Legionella 030106 microbiology bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification respiratory tract diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Infectious Diseases Bacterial endocarditis Infective endocarditis bacteria Medicine Endocarditis 030212 general & internal medicine business Intensive care medicine Legionnaire's disease |
| Zdroj: | Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. 31:69-80 |
| ISSN: | 0891-5520 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.idc.2016.10.006 |
| Popis: | Most cardiac infections with Legionella are secondary to bacteremias arising from a pulmonary focus. Other possible sites of origin are infected sternotomy wounds or equipment contaminated by Legionella spp. Legionella endocarditis is truly a "stealth" infection, with almost no hallmarks of bacterial endocarditis. The key step in making the diagnosis of Legionella endocarditis is for the physician to be aware of the clinical causes of culture-negative infective endocarditis and to include Legionella cardiac involvement in this differential. Many times the issue of endocarditis arises only on examination of resected valvular material. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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