OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Legionella pneumonia with unusual neurologic involvement. INTERVENTION: Chest X-ray, lumbar puncture, magnetic imaging of the brain, electroencephalography, audiometry, brainstem acoustic evoked potentials and institution of oral antibiotics and steroids. MAIN RESULT: Gradual clinical improvement of neurologic and pulmonary illness within 4 weeks. CONCLUSION: Legionellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic involvement in the setting of pneumonia.
OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Legionella pneumonia with unusual neurologic involvement. INTERVENTION: Chest X-ray, lumbar puncture, magnetic imaging of the brain, electroencephalography, audiometry, brainstem acoustic evoked potentials and institution of oral antibiotics and steroids. MAIN RESULT: Gradual clinical improvement of neurologic and pulmonary illness within 4 weeks. CONCLUSION:Legionellosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of neurologic involvement in the setting of pneumonia.