Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report

It is critical to diagnose and treat Legionella pneumonia (LP) immediately after infection because of the associated high mortality. The urine antigen test (UAT) is often used for the diagnosis of LP; however, it cannot detect the serogroups of all Legionella species. A detained medical history and...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Miyata, Jun, Huh, Ji Young, Ito, Yukiko, Kobuchi, Taketsune, Kusukawa, Kazuko, Hayashi, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.16
_version_ 1783279376722296832
author Miyata, Jun
Huh, Ji Young
Ito, Yukiko
Kobuchi, Taketsune
Kusukawa, Kazuko
Hayashi, Hiroyuki
author_facet Miyata, Jun
Huh, Ji Young
Ito, Yukiko
Kobuchi, Taketsune
Kusukawa, Kazuko
Hayashi, Hiroyuki
author_sort Miyata, Jun
collection PubMed
description It is critical to diagnose and treat Legionella pneumonia (LP) immediately after infection because of the associated high mortality. The urine antigen test (UAT) is often used for the diagnosis of LP; however, it cannot detect the serogroups of all Legionella species. A detained medical history and several clinical findings such as liver enzyme elevation and hyponatremia are useful in diagnosis. Some specific types of Legionella are found in compost. Herein, we report a case of LP in which the patient's medical history and several clinical findings were useful for diagnosis.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5689406
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2017
publisher John Wiley and Sons Inc.
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-56894062017-12-20 Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report Miyata, Jun Huh, Ji Young Ito, Yukiko Kobuchi, Taketsune Kusukawa, Kazuko Hayashi, Hiroyuki J Gen Fam Med Case Reports It is critical to diagnose and treat Legionella pneumonia (LP) immediately after infection because of the associated high mortality. The urine antigen test (UAT) is often used for the diagnosis of LP; however, it cannot detect the serogroups of all Legionella species. A detained medical history and several clinical findings such as liver enzyme elevation and hyponatremia are useful in diagnosis. Some specific types of Legionella are found in compost. Herein, we report a case of LP in which the patient's medical history and several clinical findings were useful for diagnosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-04-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5689406/ /pubmed/29264010 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.16 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Journal of General and Family Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japan Primary Care Association. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Miyata, Jun
Huh, Ji Young
Ito, Yukiko
Kobuchi, Taketsune
Kusukawa, Kazuko
Hayashi, Hiroyuki
Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title_full Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title_fullStr Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title_full_unstemmed Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title_short Can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? Legionella case report
title_sort can we truly rely on the urinary antigen test for the diagnosis? legionella case report
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5689406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29264010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgf2.16
work_keys_str_mv AT miyatajun canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport
AT huhjiyoung canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport
AT itoyukiko canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport
AT kobuchitaketsune canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport
AT kusukawakazuko canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport
AT hayashihiroyuki canwetrulyrelyontheurinaryantigentestforthediagnosislegionellacasereport

Ejemplares similares