Community Acquired Legionnaire’s Disease in a Kidney Transplant Patient

Kirincich, Jason; Sakic, Zrinka; Atic, Armin; Basic-Jukic, Nikolina

doi:10.2478/prilozi-2018-0041

Abstract

This case report details the clinical picture of a renal transplant recipient infected with community acquired Legionella pneumonia. While it is more commonly associated as a nosocomial infection due to pathogenic organisms in a hospital’s water supply, this case serves as a reminder to consider the patient’s impaired cellular immune function when trying to diagnose community acquired pneumonia.

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Community Acquired Legionnaire’s Disease in a Kidney Transplant Patient

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