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2493533

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
In a 1-year prospective study, 28 of 476 pneumonia patients (5.9%) were diagnosed as having legionella pneumonia. Legionella pneumonia was diagnosed in 12 (5%) of 240 community-acquired pneumonias and in 16 (6.8%) of 236 nosocomial pneumonias. Four methods of establishing diagnosis were used: serum antibody detection, direct proof of legionellae by immunofluorescence, culture, and legionella antigen detection in urine. The latter method proved to be clearly advantageous to all other methods in establishing the diagnosis. Twelve of the 28 patients (42.8%) died; all of them had severe underlying diseases. The fatality rate in patients treated with erythromycin was 18.8% (3/16 cases) and 75% (9/12 cases) in patients treated with antibiotics other than erythromycin. In 57.1% (16/28 patients) legionella pneumonia was acquired nosocomially. The results of our study underscore the need to use a broad spectrum of legionella diagnostic methods routinely and to administer antibiotics effective against legionellae in cases of pneumonia of unknown cause.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0341-2040
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
167
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
11-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The incidence of legionella pneumonia: a 1-year prospective study in a large community hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article