LEGIONNAIRES-DISEASE - A CASE ACQUIRED IN ISRAEL

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 18  (8) , 873-877
Abstract
What is probably the 1st case of presumably nosocomial Legionnaires'' disease (LD) in Israel is described in a 56-yr-old man hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction. The patient developed bilateral pneumonia and hemorrhagic pleural effusion. The diagnosis of LD was confirmed by serological examinations that showed a significant increase and decrease in IgM- and IgG-type antibodies to Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 and 3. The patient recovered on antibiotic treatment, which included erythromycin.