Case Report
Atraumatic Splenic Rupture in Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia
Table 2
Identified cases of atraumatic splenic rupture (ASR) in association with confirmed
Legionella pneumonia (
n = 7) in [
23–
29].
| Age (gender) | Year | Time from symptom onset to rupture | Radiological features | Treatment | Legionella score | Outcome |
| (1) 63 (male | 1990 | 11 days | Left sided consolidation | Erythromycin + benzylpenicillin | 3 | Died [23] | (2) 42 (male) | 1993 | 4 days | Left sided consolidation | Penicillin | 0 | Survived [24] | (3) 52 (male) | 1996 | 8 days | Left lower lobe consolidation | Cefotaxime + clarithromycin | 2 | Survived [25] | (4) 70 (male) | 2004 | 6 days | Bilateral chest infiltrates | Cefotaxime + erythromycin Clarithromycin + levofloxacin | 1 | Died [26] | (5) 47 (male) | 2010 | 1 day | Right upper lobe consolidation | Rifampicin + clarithromycin | 3 | Survived [27] | (6) 42 (male) | 2012 | — | Bilateral lung infiltrates right | Ceftriaxone + levofloxacin | 1 | Survived [28] | (7) 69 (male) | 2021 | 24 days | Lower lobe pneumonia | Clarithromycin + levofloxacin | 0 | Survived [29] |
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