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A FATAL CASE OF LEGIONNAIRES‘ DISEASE IN AN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT
Author(s) -
WILSON R. D.,
McPETRIE R. A.,
PRITCHARD R. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb03589.x
Subject(s) - medicine , legionnaires' disease , isolation (microbiology) , lymphoma , disease , autoimmune hemolytic anemia , legionella pneumophila , pneumonia , immunology , anemia , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology
A 65‐year‐old woman presented with an autoimmune hemolytic anemia and was subsequently diagnosed as having malignant lymphoma. Cytotoxic chemotherapy was followed by the development of fatal Legionnaires' disease, confirmed by isolation of L. pneumophila serogroup 6 from pleural and lung aspirate specimens. This is believed to be the first reported isolation of serogroup 6 L. pneumophila in Australia. (Aust NZ J Med 1984; 14: 59–60.)