A Fatal Case of Legionnaire's Disease following a Total Laryngectomy

A Fatal Case of Legionnaire's Disease following a Total Laryngectomy

Legionnaire's disease (LD) has been responsible for the death of many patients in several outbreaks in the United States and abroad. The Legionnaire's bacterium is still unclassified. Deoxyribonucleic acid studies of its genes have not yet found a near relative. A case of a 63-year-old man...

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Veröffentlicht in:Otolaryngology and head and neck surgery 1979-05, Vol.87 (3), p.299-303
Hauptverfasser: Maniglia, Anthony J., Greenman, Richard L., Saldana, Mario
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bacteria - cytology
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - surgery
Humans
Laryngeal Neoplasms - surgery
Laryngectomy
Legionnaires' Disease - etiology
Legionnaires' Disease - microbiology
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications
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Zusammenfassung:Legionnaire's disease (LD) has been responsible for the death of many patients in several outbreaks in the United States and abroad. The Legionnaire's bacterium is still unclassified. Deoxyribonucleic acid studies of its genes have not yet found a near relative. A case of a 63-year-old man who had a total laryngectomy for cancer of the larynx is reported. He had an extensive postoperative pneumonia, secondary to LD. The diagnosis was made while the patient was alive, but he died on the 35th hospital day in spite of erythromycin treatment.
ISSN:0194-5998
1097-6817
DOI:10.1177/019459987908700304