Legionella pneumonia with rhabdomyolysis in a healthy young patient

Abstract

Legionella pneumonia is a lung infection caused by Legionella Pneumophila. Immune suppression, smoking, advanced age and chronic lung disease are the risk factors for Legionella Pneumonia. Pneumonia which developed outside hospital in a patient without an immune deficiency is defined as community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumonia with subacute onset, prodromal symptoms and extra pulmonary manifestations, often seen at a young age, is called atypical pneumonia. Although it is more common as a causative agent of pneumonia in patients with immune deficiency, Legionella Pneumophila is also an important cause of community-acquired atypical pneumonia. As a rare complication of legionella pneumonia, rhabdomyolysis causes a significant increase in mortality. We present a case of Legionella Pneumonia accompanied by rhabdomyolysis and acute renal injury.