Acute Psychosis as Major Clinical Presentation of Legionnaires’ Disease
We report a case of a 61-year-old woman who presented with acute psychosis as a major manifestation of Legionnaires’ disease in the absence of other neuropsychiatric symptoms. Clinical history revealed dry cough and nausea. Observation showed fever and auscultation crackles in the lower lobe of the...
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| Main Authors: | Ricardo Coentre, Amílcar Silva-dos-Santos, Miguel Cotrim Talina |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3519396 |
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