Community-acquired pneumonia by Legionella pneumophila. Do we need to include new recommendations for inflammatory bowel disease patients under immunomodulators?

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Community-acquired pneumonia by Legionella pneumophila. Do we need to include new recommendations for inflammatory bowel disease patients under immunomodulators?

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2016 Aug;108(8):524

Authors: Fernández Llamas T, Sánchez Torres A, Egea Valenzuela J

Abstract
We present the case of a community-acquired pneumonia by Legionella Pneumophila in a 31-year-old patient with Crohn's disease under anti-TNF agents. Following this and other similar cases reported in literature, we propose to include recommendations to prevent this infection in patients starting treatment with immunosuppressant drugs through simple measures regarding the control of water in the patients' home.

PMID: 26937888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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