A Case of Comorbidity of Complicated Infective Endocarditis and Severe Pneumonia Due to Legionella Pneumophila

• 作者: Nazmi Gultekin Emine Kucukates Ilker InançBalkan Ismail Haberal
• 来源期刊: 药剂与药理学:英文版
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: LEGIONELLOSIS infective endocarditis Legionella pneumophila.
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 页码范围: 44-48
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: R56

摘要

Legionella pneumophila infection can cause Legionnaires’disease,a severe form of pneumonia.Extrapulmonary manifestations of Legionella infections include myocarditis,pericarditis,and endocarditis.We present a rare case of pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila with a possible etiologic link to a recently recovered culture-negative infective endocarditis.