Legionnaires disease complicating steroid therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus.
A fatal hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophilia occurred in a 32-year-old woman with systemic lupus erythematosus being treated with high dose corticosteroids. The relevance of the direct immunofluorescent test and immune status in Legionnaires disease are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D002701:Chloramphenicol; D011241:Prednisone