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Case Reports
. 2016 Jun 9:24:126.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.24.126.8536. eCollection 2016.

[Legionnaires' disease complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure: about a case]

[Article in French]
Arnaud Bac  1 , Ahmed Sabry Ramadan  1 , Pierre Youatou  1 , Pierre Mols  1 , Dominique Cerf  1 , William Ngatchou  2
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[Legionnaires' disease complicated by rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure: about a case]

[Article in French]
Arnaud Bac et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Legionnaires' disease is a bacterial disease of the respiratory system caused by a gram-negative germ whose clinical manifestation can be benign limiting to flu-like syndrome or can be more severe being characterized by pneumonia which may be complicated by multisystem disease that can lead to death. We report the case of a 48 year-old patient with rhabdomyolysis complicated by acute renal failure following Legionella pneumophila pneumonia. We here highlight the pathophysiological aspects and treatment of this rare complication during Legionella infection.

La légionellose est une maladie respiratoire bactérienne due à un germe gram négatif dont la présentation clinique peut être bénigne se limitant à un syndrome grippal ou plus sévère se caractérisant par une pneumonie pouvant se compliquer d'atteinte multisystémique pouvant conduire au décès. Nous rapportons le cas d'un patient de 48 ans ayant présenté une rhabdomyolyse compliquée d'une insuffisance rénale aigue au décours d'une pneumonie à Legionella pneumophila. Nous revoyons la physiopathologie et le traitement de cette complication rare de la légionellose.

Keywords: Legionnaires' disease; renal failure; rhabdomyolysis.

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