Legionnaires' Disease Associated With Rhabdomyolysis and Myoglobinuria
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 140 (6) , 848-850
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1980.00330180122038
Abstract
We report a fatal case of Legionnaires' disease associated with myopathy, myoglobinuria, elevated creatine phosphokinase (CPK) level, and pneumonitis. The precise cause of skeletal muscle damage in this patient remains obscure. The association with Legionnaires' disease in this case supports the observation that the Legionnaires' organism has the potential for affecting multiple organ systems, including skeletal muscle. Elevated CPK levels and myoglobinuria in a patient with pneumonitis should suggest the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease. (Arch Intern Med140:848-850, 1980)This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: