When Diarrhea Can Become Deadly: Legionnaires’ Disease Complicated by Bowel Obstruction

Legionnaires’ disease may present with a broad spectrum of illnesses and nonspecific extrapulmonary symptoms including diarrhea. To our knowledge, bowel obstruction has not been reported as a manifestation of Legionella. We present a unique case of Legionnaires’ disease contributing to a small bowel...

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Autores principales: Prichard, Wesley, Fick, Laurel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2016
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Single Case
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260597/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28203124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000453657
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spelling pubmed-52605972017-02-15 When Diarrhea Can Become Deadly: Legionnaires’ Disease Complicated by Bowel Obstruction Prichard, Wesley Fick, Laurel Case Rep Gastroenterol Single Case Legionnaires’ disease may present with a broad spectrum of illnesses and nonspecific extrapulmonary symptoms including diarrhea. To our knowledge, bowel obstruction has not been reported as a manifestation of Legionella. We present a unique case of Legionnaires’ disease contributing to a small bowel obstruction. S. Karger AG 2016-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5260597/ /pubmed/28203124 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000453657 Text en Copyright © 2016 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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title_short When Diarrhea Can Become Deadly: Legionnaires’ Disease Complicated by Bowel Obstruction
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260597/
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