Pneumonia due to Legionella bozemanii: first report of a case in Europe.
Pneumonia caused by Legionella bozemanii and acquired by a 75-year-old man while on holiday in Majorca is described. This appears to be the first report of such a case from Europe. Despite artificial ventilation and intravenous erythromycin the patient died. The causative organism was isolated from part of the lung obtained post mortem. Examination of a single sample of serum by means of an indirect immunofluorescence test gave a titre of 32 in respect of L. bozemanii antigen.
D000368:Aged; D004739:England; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D013030:Spain; D014195:Travel
D004917:Erythromycin