Legionnaires' disease in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus.
A young woman with systemic lupus erythematosus developed a rapidly fatal pneumonia from which no visible or culturable organisms were found. Subsequent stains disclosed typical findings of Legionnaires' disease. A cutaneous portal of entry was suspected and a fulminant lung abscess developed, neither of which has been previously reported in Legionnaires' disease.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis