title: Long-term followup of two patients with pulmonary cavitation caused by Legionella pneumophila.
abstract: Two patients with cavitary pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila were followed by several months. Both patients had positive sputum cultures for L. pneumophila; one patient had positive respiratory tract cultures for 18 days after initiation of erythromycin. Slow resolution of the cavities occurred in both patients after 1 to 2 months of antimicrobial therapy.
mesh_terms: D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013183:Sputum / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology