Legionnaires' disease. Association with severe bronchospasm and hypoventilation.
A 31-year-old man with legionnaires' disease, who presented with severe pneumonia and hypoxemia, later developed severe bronchospasm and marked hypercapnia, a complication not previously reported in Legionella infection. He responded to therapy with erythromycin and a bronchodilator.
D000328:Adult; D000628:Aminophylline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000209:etiology*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D007528:Isoetharine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000628:Aminophylline; D004917:Erythromycin; D007528:Isoetharine