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Query: UMLS:C0023241 (
Legionella
)
6,990
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 77-year-old man presented himself with shortness of breath that was initially felt to be due to an acute coronary event, largely due to a very elevated
troponin I
result and his medical history. He subsequently showed evidence to suggest a significant pneumonia. The most likely candidate organism responsible, from the history and test results, appeared to be
Legionella
. We present the case for a spuriously and extremely elevated
troponin I
result, being at least in part due the production of heterophil antibodies by
Legionella
.
...
PMID:An unusually high troponin I result in association with Legionella infection. 2412 73
