Typical Presentation of Legionella pneumophila Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is often present as a severe form of pneumonia and is caused by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila which has an atypical presentation with nonspecific radiographic patterns and clinical presentation1. The presence of extra-pulmonary complications that could...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Barcelona |
| Repositorio: | Dipòsit Digital de la UB |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/145358 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/145358 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pneumònia adquirida a la comunitat Legionel·la Community-acquired pneumonia Legionella |
| Sumario: | Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is often present as a severe form of pneumonia and is caused by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila which has an atypical presentation with nonspecific radiographic patterns and clinical presentation1. The presence of extra-pulmonary complications that could affect the central nervous system, heart, liver, gastrointestinal tract and kidney are the main differences to the typical presentation of bacterial pneumonia2. L. pneumophila serogroup 1 is the most comment species causing LD in Europe and America, accounting for approximately 90% of the cases3. However, Legionella longbeacheae, another species of Legionella, is involved in approximately 30% of the cases presented in Australia and New Zealand4,5. Mortality rate of pneumonia caused by L. pneumophila is around 10% but this rate is higher in cases of nosocomial outbreaks and in immunosuppressed patients with approximately 25% of mortality. |
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