title: Persistent culture-positive Legionella infection in an immunocompromised host.
abstract: Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. We describe an immunocompromised patient with severe pneumonia from whom Legionella species were isolated from sputum samples by culture for 30 days, despite administration of treatment with appropriate antimicrobial agents. However, clear improvement in the patient's respiratory condition was evident, and he subsequently recovered completely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Katherine M A
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Marguerite A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: Timothy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barriero
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Betts
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Trawick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents