title: Acalculous cholecystitis complicating Legionnaires' disease.
abstract: Gastrointestinal complications of Legionnaires' disease are frequently reported. These include diarrhoea, paralytic ileus, acute appendicitis and jaundice. We would like to report the previously unrecorded and life-threatening complication of acalculous cholecystitis.
authors.affiliation: Whittington Hospital, London.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Earle
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Hoffbrand
mesh_terms: D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged