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An unusual presentation of Legionella pneumonia in a returning traveller

A male patient in his mid-60s presented with a severe pneumonia following return to the UK after travel to Crete. He was diagnosed with Legionnaire’s disease (caused by an uncommon serogroup of Legionella pneumophila). He was pancytopenic on admission, and during a long stay on critical care he was...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Shorten, Robert John, Norman, Jane, Sweeney, Louise C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6700655/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31420430
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-230130
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