Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar;29(3):280-1. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181c176c9.
Legionnaire disease is a rare cause of community-acquired pneumonia in children and an exceedingly rare diagnosis in infants and neonates, with only few reported cases. We describe a case of fatal Legionnaire disease diagnosed by culture and polymerase chain reaction method from sputum and lung biopsy specimens, and emphasize the importance of considering this rare entity in cases of severe neonatal pneumonia.
军团病是儿童社区获得性肺炎的罕见病因，在婴儿和新生儿中则是极为罕见的诊断，仅有少数病例报告。我们描述了一例通过痰和肺活检标本的培养和聚合酶链反应方法诊断的致命性军团病病例，并强调在严重新生儿肺炎病例中考虑这种罕见实体的重要性。
