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Weekend Digest

Name the pathogen and its treatment.

Clues:
1. Grows within protozoa
2. Decorative fountains
3. Hotel stay during travel
4. Cough + diarrhea
5. Antigen test
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#Legionella species

Aerobic “intracellular” GNB
>60 species

L. #pneumophila serogroup 1 - most common cause of human illness (water exposure)

L. #longbeachae (ANZ / soil, potting mix and compost exposure)
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#Legionella #pneumophila

Lakes. Streams. Reservoirs.

In water:
1. Planktonic
2. Biofilms
3. Intracellular in protozoa / free-living amoeba (protects bacteria from disinfection)
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#idboardreview 50 M from Australia works at wastewater treatment facility presents w/ fever, cough, dyspnea wbc10k, Na130, Tbili7, Alk270, AST75,ALT110 , LLL consolidation. diagnosis? #meded #idmedEd #idtwitter
#Legionella #longbeachae far less common species in US despite its discovery in Long Beach, California (<5% of legionellosis). L #longbeachae is endemic in Australia & New Zealand
#Legionnaires disease: CAP but more GI sx (N, V, D, abd pain), neurological sx (HA, seizure, FND, obtundation) & labs (low sodium/phosphorus, inc CPK, inc LFTs, inc inflammatory markers, myoglobinurea, microscopic hematuria & relative lymphopenia)
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