Huerta-Torrijos J, Lisker-Halpert A, Nuñez-Pérez Redondo C, Kimura-Fujikami K, Vázquez-Figueroa S, Lázaro-Castillo J L
Unidad de Terapia Intensíva, Clínica Londres.
Gac Med Mex. 1995 Sep-Dec;131(5-6):587-90.
An outbreak of pneumonia that caused 34 deaths among 221 legionnaires was reported in 1977 at the American Legion Convention in Philadelphia. The causative agent was eventually recognized and named Legionella pneumophila. Legionellosis is a worldwide disease, but in Mexico there is only one report of Legionnaires' disease, possibly because it is not thought of as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia. We report a previously healthy patient who required admittance to our ICU with community-acquired Legionnaires' disease.
1977年，在费城举行的美国退伍军人协会大会上，爆发了一场肺炎，导致221名退伍军人中有34人死亡。病原体最终被确认并命名为嗜肺军团菌。军团病是一种全球性疾病，但在墨西哥，仅有一例军团病报告，这可能是因为它未被视为社区获得性肺炎的病因。我们报告了一名此前健康的患者，他因社区获得性军团病入住了我们的重症监护病房。
