Aortic valve endocarditis associated with Legionella infection after Mycoplasma pneumonia.
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- 1 September 1987
- Vol. 58 (3) , 293-295
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.58.3.293
Abstract
A 38 year old woman with diabetes mellitus and bronchial asthma was admitted to hospital with pneumonia caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae; she recovered promptly on erythromycin treatment. Six weeks later she presented with aortic valve endocarditis without concurrent lung disease. A concurrent increase in titres of antibody to Legionella bozemanii, L longbeachae, and L jordanis indicated a Legionella infection. Legionella infection should be considered, even in the absence of pneumonia, in cases of endocarditis where no other cause can be detected.Keywords
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