| Literature DB >> 17945454 |
Aurélie Guillouzouic1, Pascale Bemer, Françoise Gay-Andrieu, Cédric Bretonnière, Didier Lepelletier, Pierre-Joachim Mahé, Daniel Villers, Sophie Jarraud, Alain Reynaud, Stéphane Corvec.
Abstract
Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. We report on a patient who simultaneously developed L. pneumophila serogroup 8 pneumonia and Aspergillus fumigatus lung abscesses. Despite appropriate treatments, Aspergillus disease progressed with metastasis. Coinfections caused by L. pneumophila and A. fumigatus remain exceptional. In apparently immunocompetent patients, corticosteroid therapy is a key risk factor for aspergillosis.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID： 17945454 DOI： 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis ISSN： 0732-8893 Impact factor: 2.803