Severe bilateral pleuropneumonia caused by Legionella sainthelensi: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Legionella spp. are ubiquitous freshwater bacteria responsible for rare but potentially severe cases of Legionnaires' disease (LD). Legionella sainthelensi is a non-pneumophila Legionella species that was first isolated in 1980 from water near Mt. St-Helens (USA). Although rare cases of LD caused by L. sainthelensi have been reported, very little data is available on this pathogen.

Case presentation

We describe the first documented case of severe bilateral pleuropneumonia caused by L. sainthelensi. The patient was a 35-year-old woman with Sharp's syndrome treated with long-term hydroxychloroquine and corticosteroids who was hospitalized for an infectious illness in a university hospital in Reunion Island (France). The patient's clinical presentation was complicate

SUBMITTER: Kamus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8447505 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature