Community Acquired Legionnaire's Disease in a Kidney Transplant Patient

Pril (Makedon Akad Nauk Umet Odd Med Nauki). 2018 Dec 1;39(2-3):45-49. doi: 10.2478/prilozi-2018-0041.

Abstract

This case report details the clinical picture of a renal transplant recipient infected with community acquired Legionella pneumonia. While it is more commonly associated as a nosocomial infection due to pathogenic organisms in a hospital's water supply, this case serves as a reminder to consider the patient's impaired cellular immune function when trying to diagnose community acquired pneumonia.

Keywords: Legionella; Legionnaire’s disease; community acquired pneumonia; kidney transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Community-Acquired Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / physiopathology
  • Critical Care*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Legionellosis / urine*
  • Legionnaires' Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy
  • Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology*
  • Legionnaires' Disease / physiopathology
  • Levofloxacin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination / therapeutic use
  • Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia / drug therapy
  • Pneumonia / microbiology*
  • Pneumonia / physiopathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination
  • Levofloxacin