Case report: 38-year-old female patient with severe legionellosis but no source of infection

Case report: 38-year-old female patient with severe legionellosis but no source of infection

We report about a 38-year-old female patient with an extremely severe case of legionellosis. The patient had to be treated in the intensive care unit for more than a month. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) had to be established in order to save the patient’s life. The patient did not belon...

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Main Authors: Lampl, Benedikt M. J., Strigl, Werner, Winner, Dieter, Pawlik, Michael T.
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-10-01
Series:GMS Hygiene and Infection Control
Subjects:
legionellosis
risk factors
infection prevention
exposure
ECMO
Online Access:http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/dgkh/2019-14/dgkh000329.shtml

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