Legionellosis in Patients With Cancer

Yacoub, Abraham Tareq; Sadic, Edin; Flynn, Alexandra; Katayama, Mitsuya; Greene, John

doi:10.1097/ipc.0000000000000223

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

2015

DOI: 10.1097/ipc.0000000000000223

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Legionellosis in Patients With Cancer

Abraham Tareq Yacoub¹,

Edin Sadic²,

Alexandra Flynn³

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“…One of the 11 patients was felt to have died from Legionella pneumonia. 23 Some take-home messages from this study include the following: (1) remember Legionella as a causative organism of pneumonia in cancer patients, especially those with multifocal pneumonia;…”

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Non-Pneuomophila Legionnaires' Disease in Cancer Patients

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Non-pneumophila Legionella species are rare atypical bacterial pathogens that are responsible for a minority of Legionnaires' disease cases. Compared to Legionella pneumophila, they are more likely to infect immunosuppressed patients, such as those undergoing treatment for hematological cancers. This paper describes 3 cases of cancer patients who were effectively treated for pneumonia caused by non-pneumophila species, definitively identified via culture or microbial cell-free DNA (mcfDNA) analysis. This paper also compiles a list of other reported cases of cancer patients diagnosed with non-pneumophila Legionnaires' disease. Although diagnosis of pneumonia by a non-pneumophila Legionella species is challenging with currently available techniques, recommended antibiotic regimens are well established in the literature. Although they statistically appear to be uncommon pathogens, non-pneumophila Legionella species should be considered as possible causes when treating immunosuppressed patients with unspecified pneumonia.

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Legionellosis in Patients With Cancer

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