title: [Legionellosis in a newborn infant].
abstract: We describe a case of successful therapy of a neonatal Legionellosis with Erythromycin. On his 6th day of life a full term newborn with normal body weight was affected by a severe pneumonia. This was at first resistant to therapy and required mechanical ventilation. Diagnosis of Legionella pneumophila serotype 1 was made by culture from bronchial lavage. Only few cases of neonatal Legionellosis have been reported until now. In three cases diagnosis was made post mortem.
authors.affiliation: Kinderabteilung, Krankenhaus Itzehoe.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ahrens
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hell
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hollandt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lewald
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paust
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin