title: Medical treatment failure and complete left pneumonectomy after Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a bone marrow transplant recipient.
abstract: Legionnaire disease (LD) is infrequently considered in the differential diagnoses for hospital- and community-acquired pneumonia in pediatrics. We report a case of Legionnaire disease in a 19-year-old male with aplastic anemia after bone marrow transplant, who was being treated in a children's hospital. Severe, refractory pulmonary disease necessitated pneumonectomy to control the infection.
authors.affiliation: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399 , USA.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Larru
authors.forename: Jeffrey S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: Kaede V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Ota
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000601:surgery; D000753:Anemia, Refractory / Q000601:surgery*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D017211:Treatment Failure