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Legionnaire Disease
Report summarizes legionnaire disease study findings from Winthrop University
July 15th, 2008
"Legionnaires' disease is a common cause of non-zoonotic atypical community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Legionnaires' disease has varied manifestations but may be diagnosed clinically on the basis of its characteristic pattern of extra-organ involvement. in a patient with non-zoonotic CAP, the clinical and laboratory features in a patient with CAP pointing to the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease include relative bradycardia, mental confusion/encephalopathy, loose stools/ diarrhea, abdominal pain, mild/ transient increases in serum transaminases, decreased serum phosphorous, a highly elevated C-reactive protein (CRP), elevated creatinine phosphokinase (CPK), highly elevated serum ferritin...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-15)
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