Disseminated Legionella micdadei infection in a liver transplant patient presenting as pulmonary nodules and a laryngeal lesion.
Transpl Infect Dis
; 23(3): e13563, 2021 Jun.
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in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33434394
ABSTRACT
We report a liver transplant patient with disseminated Legionella micdadei infection with pulmonary, laryngeal, and suspected muscle involvement. This organism, which stains weakly acid-fast, primarily affects immunocompromised patients. The diagnosis is difficult to make; in this case, the organism was identified via molecular diagnostics on laryngeal and pulmonary biopsy tissue.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Legionellosis
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Legionella
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Liver Transplantation
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Transpl Infect Dis
Journal subject:
TRANSPLANTE
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States