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2076909

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
We report on 20 cases of Legionnaires' Disease (LD) in heart transplant recipients during a two-year study. The overall frequency in this setting amounts thus to 17% (20/115). In contrast, the frequency of legionellosis in postoperative cardiac patients without immunosuppression was only 4.7% (4/84). Legionellosis was diagnosed by culture and/or antibody detection in ten (20) as well as by the detection of urinary antigens in all 20 patients. Only nine (20) patients developed pneumonia, whereas five patients presented with nodular infiltrates. The remaining six patients had moderate fever with no signs of lung infection. In contrast to the majority of patients with other underlying diseases, antigen shedding lasted for long periods in most transplant patients. In high risk patients the application of conventional diagnostic methods together with regular urinary antigen testings (i.e. twice a week) may be advantageous for the early diagnosis of Legionella infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
361-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Legionellosis in heart transplant recipients.
pubmed:affiliation
Robert Koch-Institut des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Berlin, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article