Brief communication: Legionnaire's disease successfully treated in acute myelocytic leukemia during severe neutropenia.
A patient with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia developed progressive lung infiltrates and unremitting fevers during a profound neutropenic state. Legionnaire's disease was diagnosed by simple immunologic studies and successfully treated with erythromycin. This index case alerts physicians toward a treatable infection which would not normally be susceptible to the empiric antibiotic regimens given neutropenic patients with fevers.
D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000150:complications*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000150:complications*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents