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Legionnaires' disease arising with hirsutism: case report of an extremely confusing event.

Gabriella SerioFrancesco FortarezzaFederica PezzutoLuigi SantacrocePietro NazzaroEmilio BellittiDomenica CavoneAndrea MarzulloLuigi Vimercati
Published in: BMC infectious diseases (2021)
The Legionella infection may show a proteiform clinical course and an extra-pulmonary manifestation may be the first sign of the disease. Herein, we report a case of Legionella infection in a young female, presenting with non-specific neurological symptoms and hirsutism at onset, misdiagnosed as a metabolic disease.
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