Severe Legionella and Histoplasma Pneumonia Acquired From Spring Water

Legionnaires’ disease and pulmonary histoplasmosis are important causes of community-acquired pneumonia. Environmental reservoirs remain the primary source of infection and may persist since investigations are often reserved for large outbreaks. Our case highlights a source of both legionella and hi...

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Autores principales: Street, Natalie G, Assaf, Sohiub N, Tosonian, Shawnt, Urbina Meneses, Elman, Edwards, Megan D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005854/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36909126
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34765
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author Street, Natalie G
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Tosonian, Shawnt
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description Legionnaires’ disease and pulmonary histoplasmosis are important causes of community-acquired pneumonia. Environmental reservoirs remain the primary source of infection and may persist since investigations are often reserved for large outbreaks. Our case highlights a source of both legionella and histoplasmosis not previously reported. It demonstrates the value of taking a thorough history while recognizing non-traditional sources of both infections. 
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spelling pubmed-100058542023-03-11 Severe Legionella and Histoplasma Pneumonia Acquired From Spring Water Street, Natalie G Assaf, Sohiub N Tosonian, Shawnt Urbina Meneses, Elman Edwards, Megan D Cureus Internal Medicine Legionnaires’ disease and pulmonary histoplasmosis are important causes of community-acquired pneumonia. Environmental reservoirs remain the primary source of infection and may persist since investigations are often reserved for large outbreaks. Our case highlights a source of both legionella and histoplasmosis not previously reported. It demonstrates the value of taking a thorough history while recognizing non-traditional sources of both infections.  Cureus 2023-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10005854/ /pubmed/36909126 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.34765 Text en Copyright © 2023, Street et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Severe Legionella and Histoplasma Pneumonia Acquired From Spring Water
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005854/
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