Legionella pneumophila infection presenting as headache, confusion and dysarthria in a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) positive patient: case report

BACKGROUND: Legionella pneumophila is a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Central nervous system dysfunction is common, and diagnosis in the absence of pulmonary symptoms can be challenging. Here we describe an atypical clinical presentation of Legionella infection in a patient with HIV...

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Autores principales: Robbins, Nathaniel M, Kumar, Aditi, Blair, Barbra M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22998348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-225

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22998348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-12-225

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