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Legionnaire's Disease Presenting With the Legionella Triad (Pneumonia, Rhabdomyolysis, and Renal Failure) and Cardiac Complications.

Arjun Prasanna1, Justin Palmer2, Sharon Wang3.   

Abstract

Legionella pneumonia is well-characterized as a cause of atypical, community-acquired pneumonia in susceptible individuals. In recent years, extrapulmonary manifestations, including an emerging triad of Legionella pneumonia, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure, have been identified. Here we report a case of Legionnaire's disease that presented non-classically, with subclinical pneumonia and non-ST elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). Although he received early treatment with antibiotics, he developed the Legionellatriad during admission. He had several episodes of cardiopulmonary decompensation during his hospital course, eventually ending in his passing. This case serves to highlight the importance of early identification and intervention in regard to extrapulmonary Legionella infection.
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Keywords:  infectious disease medicine; legionella pneumonia; legionnaires disease; new onset atrial fibrillation; non-st segment elevation myocardial infarction (nstemi); pulmonary critical care; rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure

Year:  2022        PMID: 35865426      PMCID: PMC9289647          DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26056

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Cureus        ISSN: 2168-8184


  15 in total

1.  Rhabdomyolysis-induced acute renal failure associated with legionnaires' disease.

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2.  Legionella pneumonia complicated by rhabdomyolysis.

Authors:  Bayu Sutarjono; Janeah Alexis; Jency Cynthia Sachidanandam
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2019-06-20

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Authors:  Lokesh Sharma; Ashley Losier; Thomas Tolbert; Charles S Dela Cruz; Chad R Marion
Journal:  Clin Chest Med       Date:  2016-12-24       Impact factor: 2.878

4.  Pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations of L. pneumophila.

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Journal:  Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg A       Date:  1983-07

5.  Clinical outcomes for hospitalized patients with Legionella pneumonia in the antigenuria era: the influence of levofloxacin therapy.

Authors:  Analia Mykietiuk; Jordi Carratalà; Núria Fernández-Sabé; Jordi Dorca; Ricard Verdaguer; Frederic Manresa; Francesc Gudiol
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  2005-02-17       Impact factor: 9.079

6.  Antimicrobial strategy for severe community-acquired legionnaires' disease: a multicentre retrospective observational study.

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Journal:  J Antimicrob Chemother       Date:  2017-05-01       Impact factor: 5.790

7.  Severe Legionnaires' disease with pneumonia and biopsy-confirmed myocarditis most likely caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6.

Authors:  Naoto Ishimaru; Hiromichi Suzuki; Yasuharu Tokuda; Tomoko Takano
Journal:  Intern Med       Date:  2012-11-15       Impact factor: 1.271

Review 8.  Legionnaires' disease.

Authors:  Burke A Cunha; Almudena Burillo; Emilio Bouza
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  2015-07-28       Impact factor: 79.321

9.  Established association of legionella with rhabdomyolysis and renal failure: A review of the literature.

Authors:  Aayesha J Soni; Alan Peter
Journal:  Respir Med Case Rep       Date:  2019-10-28

10.  Legionnaires' Disease Complicated with Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Kidney Injury in an AIDS Patient.

Authors:  Karan Seegobin; Satish Maharaj; Cherisse Baldeo; Julio Perez Downes; Pramod Reddy
Journal:  Case Rep Infect Dis       Date:  2017-10-04
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