A case report of severe pulmonary legionellosis caused by Legionella bozemanae

A case report of severe pulmonary legionellosis caused by Legionella bozemanae

We report a case of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella bozemanae , which is the first time that L. bozemanae has been isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid sample from an immunocompromised patient in China. The findings highlight the susceptibility of immunocompromised patients to inf...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in bacteriology 2024-10, Vol.3
Hauptverfasser: Xu, Peixing, Wang, Fang, Ren, Hongyu, Ni, Wentao, Zhao, Na, Li, Ran, Chen, Yanwen, Gao, Zhancheng, Qin, Tian
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
antibiotic susceptibility
Legionella bozemanae
Legionnaires’ disease
non-pneumophila legionella
pneumonia
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella bozemanae , which is the first time that L. bozemanae has been isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid sample from an immunocompromised patient in China. The findings highlight the susceptibility of immunocompromised patients to infections caused by the rare but highly pathogenic L. bozemanae .
ISSN:2813-6144
2813-6144
DOI:10.3389/fbrio.2024.1476727