Legionella micdadei (Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent)
Two Infections With Unusual Clinical Features
- Praful Mehta, MD;
- Jagdish D. Patel, MD;
- James E. Milder, MD
Abstract
We describe herein the clinical features, diagnosis, and successful treatment of two patients with Legionella micdadei pneumonia, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent. The rapid pulmonary cavitation and relapse of symptoms after a course of therapy in a renal transplant recipient, and the prolonged illness with hemorrhagic pleural fluid, splenomegaly, and multipleorgan dysfunction in a nonimmunocompromised host, illustrate the clinical spectrum of infections with this organism.
(JAMA 1983;249:1620-1623)
Footnotes
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Reprint requests to Conemaugh Valley Memorial Hospital, 1086 Franklin St, Johnstown, PA 15905 (Dr Milder).
