Legionella Pneumonia Following the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 in Japan

We herein report the case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia while engaged in recovery work in a flooded area after the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 in Japan. The patient was intubated and maintained on mechanical ventilation and continuous hemodiafiltration. He was also admin...

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Autores principales: Oda, Naohiro, Hirahara, Tomoaki, Fujioka, Yusuke, Mitani, Reo, Takata, Ichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6815902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31243196
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2825-19
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author Oda, Naohiro
Hirahara, Tomoaki
Fujioka, Yusuke
Mitani, Reo
Takata, Ichiro
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description We herein report the case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia while engaged in recovery work in a flooded area after the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 in Japan. The patient was intubated and maintained on mechanical ventilation and continuous hemodiafiltration. He was also administered antimicrobial therapy with ciprofloxacin and azithromycin. After 53 days in the hospital, he was discharged. It is important to recognize the risk of Legionella infection and to take measures to prevent it during recovery work that involves exposure to water and soil after a flood disaster.
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spelling pubmed-68159022019-10-29 Legionella Pneumonia Following the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 in Japan Oda, Naohiro Hirahara, Tomoaki Fujioka, Yusuke Mitani, Reo Takata, Ichiro Intern Med Case Report We herein report the case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with Legionella pneumonia while engaged in recovery work in a flooded area after the Heavy Rain Event of July 2018 in Japan. The patient was intubated and maintained on mechanical ventilation and continuous hemodiafiltration. He was also administered antimicrobial therapy with ciprofloxacin and azithromycin. After 53 days in the hospital, he was discharged. It is important to recognize the risk of Legionella infection and to take measures to prevent it during recovery work that involves exposure to water and soil after a flood disaster. The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019-06-27 2019-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC6815902/ /pubmed/31243196 http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.2825-19 Text en Copyright © 2019 by The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The Internal Medicine is an Open Access journal distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. To view the details of this license, please visit (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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