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Case Reports
. 1980 Sep;56(659):672-4.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.56.659.672.

Acute renal failure complicating Legionnaires' disease

M Harvey, P Quirke, D Warren
Case Reports

Acute renal failure complicating Legionnaires' disease

M Harvey et al. Postgrad Med J. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

A 45-year-old man developed symptoms of pneumonia while on holiday in Spain. On his return home, a diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease was confirmed, complicated by acute renal failure, He was treated with dialysis and spontaneous recovery of renal function began on day 19.

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