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A case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia.

Correia, M; Dieudonné, V; Almeida, H; Bandeira, T; Lito, L; Rodrigues, G; Sequeira, S

Legionella pneumophila is an uncommon cause of pneumonia, mainly in children. We present a case with aggressive disease and unfavourable outcome. The diagnosis was established by serum antibody detection and immunofluorescence and culture of a fragment of lung tissue obtained at necropsy. We focus the importance of this aetiology in nosocomial pneumonia and community-acquired pneumonia with an atypical evolutio...

Date: 1995   |   Origin: Acta Médica Portuguesa

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