Fatal coinfection with Legionella pneumophila serogroup 8 and Aspergillus fumigatus

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Feb;60(2):193-5. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.005. Epub 2007 Oct 18.

Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is an important cause of community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia. We report on a patient who simultaneously developed L. pneumophila serogroup 8 pneumonia and Aspergillus fumigatus lung abscesses. Despite appropriate treatments, Aspergillus disease progressed with metastasis. Coinfections caused by L. pneumophila and A. fumigatus remain exceptional. In apparently immunocompetent patients, corticosteroid therapy is a key risk factor for aspergillosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aspergillosis / complications*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / isolation & purification*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Legionella pneumophila / classification
  • Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification*
  • Legionnaires' Disease / complications*
  • Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy
  • Lung Abscess / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed