Clinical and neurological features of 19 cases of legionnaires' pneumonia

Abstract

We retrospectively reviewed 19 cases of Legionnaires1pneumonia admitted to our hospital during a 7-year period from January 2013 to December 2020, and here we report the neurological symptoms, clinical features and how they were investigated. The results showed that the neurological symptoms and imaging abnormalities of Legionella pneumonia were often reversible, and in many cases, neurologists did not examine the patients for neurological symptoms. In such cases, a certain number of cases may have been overlooked despite the presence of abnormal imaging findings. Therefore, appropriate cranial MRI and collaboration with other departments could lead to the elucidation of the pathogenesis of various Legionnaires' neurological symptoms.