Jarrah Abdullah, Mansour Mohamed, Alnasarat Ahmad, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Damlakhy Ahmad, Eltawansy Sherif
Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center/Sinai Grace Hospital/Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.
Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Jun 16;15(6):e40529. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40529. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Legionnaires' disease caused by the bacteria Legionella pneumophila, is considered a type of atypical pneumonia. The disease usually presents with dyspnea, cough, fever, muscle aches, headache, nausea, and vomiting. A milder form of the disease (Pontiac fever) with flu-like illness also exists. In addition to lung infection, extrapulmonary manifestations might occur including sepsis, rhabdomyolysis, neurological impairment, kidney, and liver damage. Myocarditis can be seen as a rare complication in Legionnaires' disease. Here, we are presenting a case of Legionnaires' disease associated with myocarditis in a patient with no predisposing risk factors for severe illness.
由嗜肺军团菌引起的军团病被认为是一种非典型肺炎。该病通常表现为呼吸困难、咳嗽、发热、肌肉酸痛、头痛、恶心和呕吐。还存在一种症状较轻的类似流感疾病的形式（庞蒂亚克热）。除肺部感染外，可能会出现肺外表现，包括败血症、横纹肌溶解、神经功能损害、肾脏和肝脏损伤。心肌炎在军团病中可视为一种罕见的并发症。在此，我们报告一例无严重疾病易感风险因素的患者发生的与心肌炎相关的军团病病例。
