TY - JOUR
T1 - Neurological involvement during Legionellosis, look beyond the lung
AU - Sauchelli, Donato
AU - De Pascale, Gennaro
AU - Scoppettuolo, Giancarlo
AU - Frisullo, Giovanni
AU - Bernardo, D
AU - Cuccagna, Cristina
AU - Tumbarello, Mario
AU - Antonelli, Massimo
AU - Servidei, Serenella
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Legionnaires’ disease still represents a relevant cause of all admitted pneumonia cases, with a remarkable average mortality rate. Extrapulmonary manifestations of Legionellosis are frequently described, principally involving the heart, the kidney, the gut, and the central nervous system (CNS). We report a patient with an immune-mediated Legionella pneumophila induced cerebellar dysfunction and corpus callosum lesion (SCC) successfully treated with high dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG).
AB - Legionnaires’ disease still represents a relevant cause of all admitted pneumonia cases, with a remarkable average mortality rate. Extrapulmonary manifestations of Legionellosis are frequently described, principally involving the heart, the kidney, the gut, and the central nervous system (CNS). We report a patient with an immune-mediated Legionella pneumophila induced cerebellar dysfunction and corpus callosum lesion (SCC) successfully treated with high dose intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG).
KW - Legionelllosis
KW - cerebellar syndrome
KW - Legionelllosis
KW - cerebellar syndrome
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/22463
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U2 - 10.1007/s00415-012-6552-0
DO - 10.1007/s00415-012-6552-0
M3 - Article
SN - 0340-5354
VL - 2012
SP - 2243
EP - 2245
JO - Journal of Neurology
JF - Journal of Neurology
IS - N/A
ER -