title: Pretibial rash in Legionella pneumophila pneumonia.
abstract: Legionella pneumophila pneumonia developed in a 46-year-old man, 23 days after receiving a cadaveric renal homograft. A painful, nonpruritic, macular, erythematous rash limited to the pretibial surfaces of both legs appeared on the fifth day of illness. Fever, pneumonia, and rash resolved in association with erythromycin lactobionate therapy.
mesh_terms: D004893:Erythema Nodosum / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D007866:Leg; D007875:Legionella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000209:etiology*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous