Legionnaire’s Disease and its Mimics: A Clinical Perspective

• Burke A. Cunha ^[1] ; Cheston B. Cunha ^[2]
  1. [1] Winthrop-University Hospital

     Winthrop-University Hospital

     Town of North Hempstead, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] Brown University

     Brown University

     City of Providence, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Infectious disease clinics of North America, ISSN 0891-5520, Vol. 31, Nº. 1, 2017, págs. 95-109
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Whenever the cardinal manifestations of a disorder occur in similar disorders, there is potential for a disease mimic. Legionnaire’s disease has protean manifestations and has the potential to mimic or be mimicked by other community acquired pneumonias (CAPs). In CAPs caused by other than Legionella species, the more characteristic features in common with legionnaire’s disease the more difficult the diagnostic conundrum. In hospitalized adults with CAP, legionnaire’s disease may mimic influenza or other viral pneumonias. Of the bacterial causes of CAP, psittacosis and Q fever, but not tularemia, are frequent mimics of legionnaire's disease