Brainstem involvement in Legionnaires' disease.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of Legionella pneumonia with unusual neurologic involvement.


METHODS
Chest X-ray, lumbar puncture, magnetic imaging of the brain, electroencephalography, audiometry, brainstem acoustic evoked potentials and institution of oral antibiotics and steroids.


RESULTS
Gradual clinical improvement of neurologic and pulmonary illness within 4 weeks.


CONCLUSIONS
Legionellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic involvement in the setting of pneumonia.
Morelli
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, Second University of Naples, Italy.
Battaglia
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E
Lattuada
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P
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male