Legionella pneumonia immediately after recovery from COVID-19

Daisuke Jingu; Hiroshi Takahashi; Satoshi Ubukata; Hiroshi Watanabe; Akira Horii

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6090

Legionella pneumonia immediately after recovery from COVID-19

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Jul 19;10(7):e6090. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6090. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Authors

Daisuke Jingu¹, Hiroshi Takahashi¹, Satoshi Ubukata¹, Hiroshi Watanabe¹, Akira Horii²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine Saka General Hospital Shiogama Japan.
² Department of Internal Medicine Saka General Hospital Shiogama Japan.

Abstract

We experienced a patient with Legionella pneumonia developing immediately after discharge from COVID-19 recovery. Antibiotic treatment was successful. The source of Legiolella infection was proven to be bathtub water in this case. It is very important to accurately detect pathogens, particularly in the time of pandemics such as COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID‐19; Legionella pneumonia; Legionella pneumophila; SARS‐CoV‐2; serogroup 5.

Publication types

Case Reports