Unusual clinical picture in an overweight patient with Legionella pneumophila: A case report
| Autor: | Yorgos Lafazanos, Leonidas Grigorakos, Magda Gkouni, Charalambos Roumbeas, Nikolaos Markou, Daria Lazarescu, Maria Bikou, Anthi Georgiadou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology business.industry Legionella Mechanical Engineering Metals and Alloys Disease Overweight Antigen test biology.organism_classification Legionella pneumophila Antibacterial therapy Mechanics of Materials Internal medicine medicine medicine.symptom Intensive care medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 4:31 |
| ISSN: | 2332-7251 2332-7243 |
| DOI: | 10.5430/crim.v4n3p31 |
| Popis: | This case report describes a case of a patient with Legionnaires’ disease (LD) manifested three days upon his return from a medical conference, which took place in a hotel close to the seaside. Our patient presented to the hospital febrile, weak, confused and with mild difficulty in breathing. After being subjected to several tests, he was diagnosed with LD. Even though his initial urinary antigen test (UAT) was negative, subsequent immunofluorescent assays (IFA) were positive for Legionella pneumophila (LP). The patient was immediately initiated specific antibiotics therapy and supportive measures. After 11 days he was released from the hospital with considerable melioration of his clinical condition and with specific instructions to continue therapy at home. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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