Pneumonia with pleural effusion due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup Lansing 3

W T Martin; C A Boyle; K Bernard; K E Williams; J M Conly

doi:10.1016/0732-8893(95)00025-6

Pneumonia with pleural effusion due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup Lansing 3

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Feb;21(2):101-3. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00025-6.

Authors

W T Martin¹, C A Boyle, K Bernard, K E Williams, J M Conly

Affiliation

¹ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

PMID: 7628188
DOI: 10.1016/0732-8893(95)00025-6

Abstract

We describe a case of pneumonia with pleural effusion due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup Lansing 3 in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected person. The 55-year-old man had been treated with immunosuppressive agents for hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / microbiology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / physiopathology
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections* / prevention & control
HIV Infections / drug therapy
HIV Infections / immunology
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Legionella pneumophila / classification*
Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification
Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology
Legionnaires' Disease / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Pleural Effusion / etiology*
Pleural Effusion / microbiology
Serotyping

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents