Abstract：
:Legionella infection can manifest itself in many clinical forms, most commonly as pneumonia, but rarely in the form of myocardial involvement. Legionella with myocardial involvement independent of pneumonia is almost never seen in the adult population and therefore is cited only a handful of times in the medical literature. When reported, Legionella carditis itself typically occurs as an isolated pericarditis with effusion. Cases of isolated Legionella with myocardial involvement, but without associated pneumonia, have been reported among children. To our knowledge, there are no reported cases of Legionella myocarditis and pericarditis presenting concurrently with or without pneumonia, in either an adult or a pediatric population. Herein, we report a rare manifestation of Legionella pneumophila-induced perimyocarditis (strongly suspected, if not incontrovertibly proved) in an adult, in the absence of pneumonia.
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Tex Heart Inst Jjournal_title
Texas Heart Institute journalauthors
Burke PT,Shah R,Thabolingam R,Saba Ssubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
601-3issue
6eissn
0730-2347issn
1526-6702journal_volume
36pub_type
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
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doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type：
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Texas Heart Institute journal
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doi：
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更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00
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