Comparative Study of Legionella pneumophila: Results (5)
Roentgenographic Features We analyzed the following roentgenographic data (Table 3): (1) extent of shadowing, involving one lung, both lungs, one lobe or two or more lobes; (2) homogeneous...
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Treatment and Outcome Since the discovery of the first cases of Legionella pneumonia in.our hospital, erythromycin has been included in the initial therapeutic approach to nosocomial pneumonia. So, all...
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The aim of our study was to obtain clinically relevant conclusions from the comparison, in a prospective way, of the characteristics of hospital-acquired pneumonia due to Lpneumophila and other,...
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In some series, the control, non-Legionella group is formed by nosocomial pneumonia cases diagnosed on the basis of cultures from samples obtained without avoiding contamination with the saprophyte...
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A common point to all hospital-acquired legionellosis series has been the discovery of contamination of the water supply system, which was also observed in our hospital. Routine culturing of the water...
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The real utility of mean age and sex differences between Legionella and non-Legionella pneumonia cases, despite their statistical significance, can probably be considered low from a practical point of...
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Hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease is said to occur very infrequently in the absence of underlying disease, but this statement can also be applied to other etiologies of hospital-acquired...
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Other comparative studies have not found significant differences in the prevalence of any risk factors for Legionella vs non-Legionella pneumonia. Our relatively low incidence of severe underlying...
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The early evaluation of chest x-ray abnormalities showed a predominance of unilateral and unilobar involvement that was common to both groups of pneumonia. This presenting roentgenographic feature has...
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The association of underlying chronic liver disease as a more common risk factor for the non-Legionella group with the higher incidence of abnormal hepatic tests in these patients seems to be evident....
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