Miller Martha L, Hayden Randall, Gaur Aditya
Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Aug;26(8):760-2. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318054e338.
Legionella spp. infections are often considered in the differential diagnosis of pneumonia in adults. This case report describes a pediatric stem cell transplant recipient presenting with cavitary pulmonary disease secondary to Legionella bozemanii infection. Also highlighted with this atypical clinical presentation are challenges in diagnosing legionellosis and concerns of increased vulnerability for such infections when severely immunocompromised patients are changed to nontrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia prophylaxis.
嗜肺军团菌属感染常被纳入成人肺炎的鉴别诊断中。本病例报告描述了一名儿科干细胞移植受者,因博兹曼嗜肺军团菌感染继发空洞性肺部疾病。这种非典型临床表现还凸显了诊断军团菌病的挑战,以及当严重免疫功能低下患者更换为非甲氧苄啶 - 磺胺甲恶唑预防耶氏肺孢子菌肺炎时,此类感染易感性增加的问题。