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Community Acquired Legionnaire’s Disease in a Kidney Transplant Patient


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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.

eISSN:
1857-8985
ISSN:
1857-9345
Language:
English
Publication timeframe:
2 times per year
Journal Subjects:
Medicine, Basic Medical Science, History and Ethics of Medicine, Clinical Medicine, other, Social Sciences, Education