1. [A travel abroad-associated case of Legionella pneumonia diagnosed by urinary antigen detection test].
- Author
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Ishii Y, Bando M, Ohno S, and Sugiyama Y
- Subjects
- Aged, Anti-Bacterial Agents administration & dosage, Clarithromycin administration & dosage, Drug Therapy, Combination administration & dosage, Fluoroquinolones administration & dosage, Humans, Immunologic Tests, Legionella pneumophila immunology, Legionella pneumophila isolation & purification, Legionnaires' Disease drug therapy, Male, Oxazines administration & dosage, Pneumonia, Bacterial drug therapy, Turkey, Antigens, Bacterial urine, Legionnaires' Disease diagnosis, Pneumonia, Bacterial diagnosis, Travel
- Abstract
A 75 year-old male was admitted to our hospital with high fever and dyspnea. He had traveled in Turkey 10 days before. His chest X-ray showed infiltrations in bilateral lower lung fields. His urinary antigen detection test for Legionella pneumophilia was positive. He was treated with pazufloxacin added to clarithromycin and his symptons were promptly resolved.
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- 2005
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