Nervous System Abnormalities and Legionnaire’s Disease
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John J. Halperin [1]
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[1] Thomas Jefferson University
Thomas Jefferson University
City of Philadelphia, Estados Unidos
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- Localización: Infectious disease clinics of North America, ISSN 0891-5520, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 55-68
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Although patients with Legionnaire’s disease frequently develop alterations of consciousness, this is no more frequent than in patients hospitalized with other, equally severe forms of bacterial pneumonia. Legionella meningitis occurs rarely, if ever. Patients with Legionnaire’s are susceptible to critical illness polyneuropathy/myopathy, as are other critically ill patients. Legionnaire’s patients may develop MRI hyperdensities in the splenium of the corpus callosum, as may other patients with severe infections. Patients with Legionnaire’s may be at increased risk of, and rarely develop, immune-mediated multifocal brain (acute disseminated encephalomyelitis) or peripheral nerve disease (Guillain-Barré syndrome)
