ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2019
Established association of legionella with rhabdomyolysis and renal failure: A review of the literature.
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- Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Acute Legionella Infection.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Legionella Pneumonia Associated With Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Fulminant Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Pontiac Fever: A Case Report.Cureus · 2026Article
- Case Report: When muscle edema is not a myositis flare:Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
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- Legionella pneumonia complicated with severe acute kidney injury requiring continuous renal replacement therapy: a case series.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- IL-1beta expressing neutrophil extracellular traps inFrontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- A case of acute interstitial nephritis superimposed on rhabdomyolysis in a refugee patient.Journal of nephrology · 2024Article
- Legionella-induced dysarthria and rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure achieving recovery.Clinical case reports · 2024Article
- A Case of Legionella Pneumonia with Rhabdomyolysis, with Extremely high Creatinine Kinase without Acute Kidney Injury in an Adult.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2024Article
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia with Acute Kidney Injury Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis- A Challenging Case Report in Resource Limit Setting.International medical case reports journal · 2024Article
- A Lethal Combination: Legionnaires' Disease Complicated by Rhabdomyolysis, Acute Kidney Injury, and Non-Occlusive Mesenteric Ischemia.The American journal of case reports · 2023Article
- Legionella associated rhabdomyolysis: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2023Article
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- Legionella pneumonia complicated with rhabdomyolysis and acute kidney injury diagnosed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report.World journal of emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Rhabdomyolysis and Resultant Acute Renal Failure due to Legionella Pneumonia in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.Case reports in nephrology · 2023Article
- Recurrent rhabdomyolysis in a patient with a history of rhabdomyolysis due to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.IDCases · 2023Article
- Metagenomic next-generation sequencing confirms the diagnosis ofFrontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Legionnaires' Disease Causing Severe Rhabdomyolysis and Acute Renal Failure: A Case Report.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
Legionella causes 2-15% of community acquired pneumonia cases that require hospitalization and it is the second most common cause of serious pneumonia that needs admission in an intensive care unit. Since the first published case in 1980, there are a further 22 published case reports on the direct correlation between rhabdomyolysis, renal failure and Legionnaires' disease. All but two patients survived with antibiotics and dialysis. Clinicians should be cognisant of this established triad and correlation of Legionnaires' disease, renal failure and rhabdomyolysis, as failure to do so and initiate treatment early has proven to increase mortality significantly in affected patients.
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