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Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Bacteremia Caused by Legionella pneumophila in an Immunocompromised Patient

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The Legionella species is an important cause of communityand hospital-acquired pneumonia. Bacteremic pneumonia caused by L. pneumophila is rarely reported. We describe the first reported case of hospital-acquired pneumonia and bacteremia caused by L. pneumophila from Taiwan in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura who received steroid treatment. The patient was successfully treated with ceftazidime and clindamycin initially, followed by ciprofloxacin for 14 days. The blood isolate was further confirmed by 16S rDNA sequence analysis.

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  1. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Cardinal-Tien Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    C.-C. Lai

  2. Dept. of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

    C.-K. Tan

  3. Dept. of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Yun-Lin Branch, Yun-Lin, Taiwan

    C.-H. Chou

  4. Dept. of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    H.-L. Hsu, Y.-T. Huang & P.-R. Hsueh

  5. Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

    Y.-T. Huang & P.-R. Hsueh

  6. Dept. of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    C.-H. Liao

  7. Depts. of Laboratory Medicine and Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Rd., Taipei, 100, Taiwan

    P.-R. Hsueh

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Lai, CC., Tan, CK., Chou, CH. et al. Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia and Bacteremia Caused by Legionella pneumophila in an Immunocompromised Patient. Infection 38, 135–137 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-009-9253-1

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