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Query: UMLS:C0023241 (
Legionella
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Pleural effusion caused by
Legionella
is seen fairly frequently but is hardly ever of great clinical significance. Pericardial involvement has been described only rarely. We present a case of
pleuropericarditis
as the only sign of infection by
Legionella
pneumophila in a 66-years-old man with no prior history of disease. The patient came to the hospital with chest pain suggestive of pleurisy, low-grade fever, dry cough and dyspnea. The etiology was not suspected and the diagnosis was made retrospectively based on indirect immunofluorescence. After 3 weeks of treatment with high dose of erythromycin the patient recovered and remains asymptomatic to date. We conclude that infection by
Legionella
pneumophila should be suspected in patients with pleurisy or pericarditis of unknown cause.
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PMID:[Pleuropericarditis as the only manifestation of Legionella pneumophila infection]. 778 88
