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Legionnaires' Disease in A Patient with Gaucher Disease, Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Liver Disease

Gaucher Hastalığı, Diabetes Mellitus ve Kronik Karaciğer Hastalığı Olan Bir Olguda Saptanan Lejyoner Hastalığı

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To the best of our knowledge, the patient was the first case of Legionnaires' disease associated with Gaucher disease.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are the most important factors in reducing the complications of Legionnaires' disease and preventing the death.
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Key Findings & Data:In this report, a 56-year-old male patient is presented to our hospital with high fever, dyspnea, and difficulty in walking with Gaucher disease, diabates mellitus, chronic liver diseaseand was diagnosed as Legionnaires' disease.
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Conclusion & Impact:To the best of our knowledge, the patient was the first case of Legionnaires' disease associated with Gaucher disease.
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Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are the most important factors in reducing the complications of Legionnaires' disease and preventing the death. In this report, a 56-year-old male patient is presented to our hospital with high fever, dyspnea, and difficulty in walking with Gaucher disease, diabates mellitus, chronic liver diseaseand was diagnosed as Legionnaires' disease. The main diagnostic method was the urinary antigen detection. The patient was successfully treated with levofloxacine and clarithromycin which was started on admission day. The patient lived in an apartment and used water storage tanks heated by solar energy. The hot water samples from the bathroom and the storage tanks were positive for L. pneumophila serogrup 1. These findings in the patient emphasizes the importance of considering that the domestic water systems heated by solar energy should be searched as a source of this infection. To the best of our knowledge, the patient was the first case of Legionnaires' disease associated with Gaucher disease.

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Erken tanı ve uygun tedavi lejyoner hastalığının komplikasyonların azaltılması, ölümlerin önüne geçilmesinde en önemli faktördür. Burada yüksek ateş, solunum sıkıntısı ve yürümede bozukluk şikayeti ile hastanemize başvuran Gaucher hastalığı, diyabeti ve kronik karaciger hastalığı olan ve lejyoner hastalığı tanısı almış 56 yaşında erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Lejyoner hastalığının kesin tanı kriteri olarak idrarda Legionella antijeninin pozitifliği esas alınmıştır. Klaritromisin ve levofloksasin tedavisine yattığı gün başlanmış ve hasta başarılı şekilde tedavi edilmiştir. Hastanın sıcak suyunu evindeki gün ısısı ile ısınan depodan sağladığı öğrenilmiştir. Hastanın evindeki banyodan ve su tankından alınan sıcak su örneklerinin kültürlerinden Legionella pneumophila serogrup 1 izole edilmiştir. Hastamızdaki bu bulgular lejyoner hastalığı kaynağı olarak güneş enerjili sıcak su sistemlerinin de araştrılmasının önemini vurgulamaktadır. Bu olgu bildiğimiz kadarı ile Gaucher hastalığı olan bir hastada saptanan ilk lejyoner hastalığı olgu sunumudur.

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ERDOĞAN, H., YAĞBASAN, B. D. (2016). Legionnaires' Disease in A Patient with Gaucher Disease, Diabetes Mellitus and Chronic Liver Disease. Flora İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi, Cilt: 21 - Sayı: 3, 134–139. https://ajindex.com/articles/199120

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