Abstract
Legionella pneumophila pneumonia during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the mother and lead to fetal distress. We report a case of L. pneumophila pneumonia in a pregnant woman at 31 weeks gestation. With early diagnosis and appropriate treatment, the outcome was favorable with delivery of a healthy infant at 40 weeks gestation. 2006 The British Infection Society.
Author supplied keywords
- *Legionella pneumophila
- *pneumonia/co [Complication]
- *pneumonia/di [Diagnosis]
- *pneumonia/dt [Drug Therapy]
- *pneumonia/et [Etiology]
- *pregnancy complication/co [Complication]
- *pregnancy complication/di [Diagnosis]
- *pregnancy complication/dt [Drug Therapy]
- *pregnancy complication/et [Etiology]
- adult
- amoxicillin/dt [Drug Therapy]
- article
- artificial ventilation
- azithromycin/dt [Drug Therapy]
- bacterial antigen/ec [Endogenous Compound]
- bacterium culture
- bacterium identification
- case report
- ceftriaxone/do [Drug Dose]
- ceftriaxone/dt [Drug Therapy]
- clinical feature
- continuous infusion
- disease course
- disease severity
- drug dose regimen
- early diagnosis
- enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
- erythromycin/do [Drug Dose]
- erythromycin/dt [Drug Therapy]
- erythromycin/iv [Intravenous Drug Administration]
- female
- fetus monitoring
- gestational age
- human
- hypoxemia/th [Therapy]
- laboratory test
- lung lavage
- nonhuman
- physical examination
- rifampicin/do [Drug Dose]
- rifampicin/dt [Drug Therapy]
- treatment outcome
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CITATION STYLE
N., G., B., F., T., O., F., B., A., L., P., M., & B., A. (2006). Legionella pneumophila pneumonia during pregnancy: a case report. Journal of Infection. N. Gaillac, Departement d’Anesthesie Reanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Edouard Herriot, 5 place d’Arsonval, 69437 Lyon, France. E-mail: nellygaillac@yahoo.fr: W.B. Saunders Ltd. Retrieved from http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&PAGE=reference&D=emed7&NEWS=N&AN=2006266286
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