Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11

Case Report Respiratory Failure Presenting H1N1 Influenza with Legionnaires Disease

1MBBS Student, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

2Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai

*Corresponding Author: Dr. S. Gopalakrishnan, Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai-73

Online published on 27 March, 2020.

Abstract

This is a case report of patient who displayed in 2018 with coinciding H1N1 infection and Legionella diseases in a 69-year-old male. For this situation every one of the signs and side effects, including regurgitating, dynamic respiratory sickness prompting respiratory disappointment, headstrong hypoxemia, leukopenia, lymphopenia, thrombocytopenia, and raised degrees of creatine kinase and hepatic aminotransferases, were steady with basic disease because of 2018 H1N1 infection contamination. Different irresistible issue may mirror H1N1 viral contamination particularly Legionnaires’ ailment. I do feel that my doubt of Legionella contamination dependent on clinical history and X-beam variations from the norm was major for a fruitful goals.

Keywords

Respiratory Failure, H1n1 Influenza, Legionnaires Disease, Legionella