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Query: UMLS:C0023241 (
Legionella
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Legionella infection can manifest itself in many clinical forms, most commonly as pneumonia, but rarely in the form of myocardial involvement.
Legionella
with myocardial involvement independent of pneumonia is almost never seen in the adult population and therefore is cited only a handful of times in the medical literature. When reported,
Legionella
carditis
itself typically occurs as an isolated pericarditis with effusion. Cases of isolated
Legionella
with myocardial involvement, but without associated pneumonia, have been reported among children. To our knowledge, there are no reported cases of
Legionella
myocarditis and pericarditis presenting concurrently with or without pneumonia, in either an adult or a pediatric population. Herein, we report a rare manifestation of
Legionella
pneumophila-induced perimyocarditis (strongly suspected, if not incontrovertibly proved) in an adult, in the absence of pneumonia.
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PMID:Suspected Legionella-induced perimyocarditis in an adult in the absence of pneumonia: a rare clinical entity. 2006 90
