Disseminated Legionella Associated With Myocarditis in an Otherwise Immunocompetent Host: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Legionnaires’ disease caused by the bacteria Legionella pneumophila, is considered a type of atypical pneumonia. The disease usually presents with dyspnea, cough, fever, muscle aches, headache, nausea, and vomiting. A milder form of the disease (Pontiac fever) with flu-like illness also exists. In a...

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Autores principales: Jarrah, Abdullah, Mansour, Mohamed, Alnasarat, Ahmad, Abdelrahman, Ahmed, Damlakhy, Ahmad, Eltawansy, Sherif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461776
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40529

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10350323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37461776
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40529

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