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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-2-10
pubmed:abstractText
The authors report a case of ARDS following pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila, in a thirty year old young man. Mechanical ventilation was maintained for twenty days. The gravity of ARDS and pneumonia, perhaps was caused because infective agent and the efficacious antibiotic were identified too late: twelve days after the comparison of symptoms. In fact, early laboratory diagnosis of Legionella pneumonia, is currently very difficult. A primitive extranocosomial pneumonia with rapid development to ARDS, in a good health young man, is an uncommon event. The exclusion of particular causes of ARDS, such as narcotic over-dose, AIDS, lung cancer, lymphatic carcinomatosis, and the clinical suspicion of Legionella pneumonia presence, can be useful: waiting for the right diagnosis from the laboratory, it will be possible to begin antibiotic therapy with Erythromycin (often used for slight respiratory infections), and to prevent the evolution of illness.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0375-9393
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
59
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
455-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
[ARDS in a severe case of primary pulmonary infection caused by Legionella pneumophila].
pubmed:affiliation
I Servizio Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Civile di Udine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports