title: [Legionnaires' disease in Munich. Case report and outline of the clinical picture (author's transl)].
abstract: Account is given of a patient with legionnaires' disease to highlight the increasing significance of this affection. The typical symptoms are described. Under doxycyclin at high dosage (200 mg/day) the patient became afebrile within 36 hours with concurrent improvement of his general condition. Distinct regression of the pulmonary infiltrate was seen within five days.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000658:Amoxicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000658:Amoxicillin; D004318:Doxycycline
vernacular_title: Legionärskrankheit in München Mitteilung eines Falles und kurze Beschreibung des klinischen Bildes.