Pneumonia due to Legionella feeleii: case report and review of the literature.
Legionella feeleii is a rare cause of community-acquired pneumonia that occurs in immunocompromised hosts who are often receiving corticosteroid therapy. We report a 69-year-old man who underwent bone marrow transplantation and developed pneumonia due to L. feeleii, and review the clinical characteristics of 7 cases of L. feeleii infection reported in the literature.
Lee
J
J
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA. jooyun.lee@mssm.edu
Caplivski
D
D
Wu
M
M
Huprikar
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D000368:Aged; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed