Legionella lung abscess after renal transplantation

• Published in: The Journal of infection Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 51,IN1,53 - 52,IN1,55
• Main Authors: Bauling, Paul C., Weil, Richard, Schröter, Gerhard P.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.1985; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Antibodies, Bacterial - analysis; Bacterial Infections - diagnosis; Bacterial Infections - drug therapy; Bacterial Infections - microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic Disease; Erythromycin - therapeutic use; Female; Glomerulonephritis - therapy; Humans; Immunosuppression - adverse effects; Kidney Transplantation; Legionella - immunology; Legionella - isolation & purification; Lung Abscess - diagnostic imaging; Lung Abscess - drug therapy; Lung Abscess - etiology; Lung Abscess - microbiology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Radiography; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Human; Urinary system disease; Legionellaceae; Respiratory disease; Surgery; Lung; Abscess; Bacteria; Complication; Legionella pneumophila; Homotransplantation; Kidney

Although Legionella infections have been widely reported, the clinical importance of Legionella lung abscess has not been sufficiently emphasised. A renal transplant recipient with a pulmonary abscess due to Legionella pneumophila is presented and 21 other cases from the literature are reviewed. Sev...