Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom

We report a rare case of cutaneous Legionella longbeachae infection in a patient receiving long-term corticosteroids for immune thrombocytopenia. Such infections cannot be identified by using Legionella urinary antigen testing but are commonly seen after exposure to commercial potting compost, parti...

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Autores principales: Grimstead, Daniel, Tucker, David, Harris, Kathryn, Turner, Deborah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26197048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.140828
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description We report a rare case of cutaneous Legionella longbeachae infection in a patient receiving long-term corticosteroids for immune thrombocytopenia. Such infections cannot be identified by using Legionella urinary antigen testing but are commonly seen after exposure to commercial potting compost, particularly in immunocompromised patients.
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spelling pubmed-45177432015-08-01 Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom Grimstead, Daniel Tucker, David Harris, Kathryn Turner, Deborah Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report a rare case of cutaneous Legionella longbeachae infection in a patient receiving long-term corticosteroids for immune thrombocytopenia. Such infections cannot be identified by using Legionella urinary antigen testing but are commonly seen after exposure to commercial potting compost, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4517743/ /pubmed/26197048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2108.140828 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Grimstead, Daniel
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Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title_full Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title_fullStr Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title_short Cutaneous Legionella longbeachae Infection in Immunosuppressed Woman, United Kingdom
title_sort cutaneous legionella longbeachae infection in immunosuppressed woman, united kingdom
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4517743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26197048
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