Cavitary Legionella Pneumonia in AIDS: When Intracellular Immunity Failure Leads to Rapid Intrapulmonary Cavitation

Introduction. Legionella is a frequent cause of bacterial pneumonia in patients with AIDS. While multiple organisms have been associated with cavitary pneumonia in this population, Legionella has not. Clinical Case. A middle-aged woman with HIV-AIDS and severely depressed CD-4 count presented with o...

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Main Authors: Richard Jesse Durrance, Alice Kyungsun Min, Marilyn Fabbri, Terrence McGarry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6754094
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