Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia in Two Infants Treated with Adrenocorticotropic Hormone.
Patients with infantile spasms, an intractable epileptic disorder, often are treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone. Legionella pneumophila is a rare cause of pneumonia in children. We describe 2 infants with Legionella pneumonia whose infection occurred within 1 month after starting adrenocorticotropic hormone.
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. Electronic address: y_shahor@rambam.health.gov.il.
Yael
Y
Shachor-Meyouhas
Pediatric Neurology Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Sarit
S
Ravid
Department of Pediatrics A, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Suheir
S
Hanna
Pediatric Pulmonary Institute, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Karin
K
Yaacoby-Bianu
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Imad
I
Kassis
D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006728:Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016952:Legionella pneumophila; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000188:drug therapy
D006728:Hormones; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
West syndrome; infantile spasms