Monitoring the Legionella Pneumonia Infection in Children in Shanghai
Objective To investigate the incidence of legionella pneumonia (LP) infection in children in Shanghai. Methods One hundred and seventy - eight cases of suspected LP and 96 cases of pulmonary infection admitted to our hospital were observed with modified micro - agglutination test (MAT). Results Among the suspected cases, the diagnosis was confirmed in 19 cases with the positive rate 10.6% , and mostly LP1 and LP6 on the bacterial type. In other admitted cases,there were 3 cases of LPlof 3 was L. mic which was the first child case reported in Shanghai. Conclusion This study showed that the incidence of LP infection in children was obviously lower than that in early 1990s.
We report the results of bronchoalveolar lavage in a patient with gold salt-induced interstitial pneumonitis. The presence of elevated numbers of lymphocytes in the lavage specimen supports a hypersensitivity-related pathogenesis of this disease. Such findings may help distinguish pulmonary complications of gold therapy from interstitial disease due to rheumatoid arthritis.