Orange sputum in a patient with Legionella pneumophila pneumonia

Intern Med. 2014;53(17):2029-30. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2897. Epub 2014 Sep 1.

Authors

Takeshi Kinjo¹, Daijiro Nabeya, Futoshi Higa, Jiro Fujita

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases (The First Department of Internal Medicine), Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Japan.

PMID: 25175147
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.53.2897

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis*
Bronchoscopy
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Legionella pneumophila / immunology*
Legionnaires' Disease / diagnosis*
Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia / diagnosis*
Pneumonia / microbiology
Radiography, Thoracic
Sputum / chemistry*
Sputum / microbiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial