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A 76-year old man with Legionnaires’ disease and rash: a case report

Davorka Dušek ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia
Mia Ajduković ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia
Neven Papić ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Kurelac ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia
Adriana Vince ; University Hospital for Infectious Diseases, „Dr. Fran Mihaljević“, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of atypical community- acquired pneumonia. Legionnaires’ disease usually manifests with high-grade fever and nonproductive cough, while the presence of diarrhoea, neurologic symptoms, hyponatremia and failure to respond to beta-lactam antibiotics can provide clues to diagnosis of Legionnaires's disease. Cutaneous lesions in Legionnaires' disease are very rare – a rash associated with the clinical manifestation of Legionella infection was described and evaluated in 10 cases according to literature. Herein we present a 76-year-old patient treated at the University Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Zagreb, Croatia because of Legionnaires' disease and a petechial rash.

Keywords

Legionella pneumophila; petechial rash; pneumonia

Hrčak ID:

220034

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/220034

Publication date:

13.5.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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