title: Legionnaires' disease during induction of remission chemotherapy for acute nonlymphocytic leukemia.
abstract: Two patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) who developed neutropenia, bilateral lung infiltrates, and did not respond to conventional antibiotic therapy nor amphotericin B are described. Clinical awareness and suspicion of Legionnaires' disease (LD) and early administration of erythromycin lead to their cure before the diagnosis of LD was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rezvak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shtalrid
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Resnitzky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications; D012074:Remission Induction
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004917:Erythromycin