(1) Department of Pediatrics, Free University of Berlin, Heubnerweg 6, D-1000 Berlin 19;(2) Department of Bacteriology, Robert-Koch-Institut des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Nordufer 20, D-1000 Berlin 65
Abstract:
A 2 8/12-year-old boy showed an unusual course of a Legionella pneumophila infection with severe dyspnea, longterm loss of conscience (5 days) and permanent persistence of pulmonary obstruction.