Ocular and pericardial involvement in Legionnaires' disease

Legionnaires' disease can exhibit protean extrapulmonary manifestations. Pericardial involvement is rare and has been described in three case reports. A patient is described with Legionnaires' disease and pericardial and ocular involvement, an entity that has not been reported previously....

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American journal of medicine 1984-12, Vol.77 (6), p.1105-1107
Hauptverfasser:	Friedland, Lance, Snydman, David R., Weingarden, Alan S., Hedges, Thomas R., Brown, Richard, Busky, Michael
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Bacterial diseases Bacterial endocarditis, myocarditis and pericarditis. Bacterial diseases of the aorta, limb vessels and lymphatic vessels Biological and medical sciences Erythromycin - therapeutic use Eye Diseases - etiology Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Legionnaires' Disease - complications Legionnaires' Disease - drug therapy Legionnaires' Disease - microbiology Male Medical sciences Pericarditis - etiology Serologic Tests
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Zusammenfassung:	Legionnaires' disease can exhibit protean extrapulmonary manifestations. Pericardial involvement is rare and has been described in three case reports. A patient is described with Legionnaires' disease and pericardial and ocular involvement, an entity that has not been reported previously. This patient was successfully treated with intravenous erythromycin with resolution of his pericardia! effusion and ophthalmologic findings.
ISSN:	0002-9343 1555-7162
DOI:	10.1016/0002-9343(84)90196-7