Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
sackatdoc - 10-15-08 13:18

diarrhea is auseful clue,headache,malaise and mental changes, in a setting of immunocompromised patient is typical for legionella

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
mohhaider - 10-16-08 12:43

Correct ,it's diarrhea.
The diagnosis of legionella is suggested by extrapulmonary S &S including diarrhea, abdominal pain ,azotemia and hematuria.

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
niusha - 10-17-08 01:57

The question was interesting!

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
sackatdoc - 10-18-08 01:58

and very important exam wise, coz they can use any other atypical symptom to confuse you, or distract you from pneumonias,and one does fall in trap very easily.

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
mohhaider - 10-18-08 02:14

Yes ,as an atypical pnemonia you may expect something not classic .Legionella is associated with lot of these atypical finding which was written in details in Microbiology Made Rediculasly Easy for STEP 1 .

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
ammulufy - 06-24-10 01:58

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Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
babbu5508 - 06-24-10 04:27

Which of the following is useful clue to make a diagnosis of legionella pneumonia ?

a- diarrhea ...that atypical finding makes diagnosis more obvious

Re: Atypical pnemonia/legionella
saadraees - 06-26-10 08:18

a diarrhea