The clinical presentation of Legionella arthritis reveals the mode of infection and the bacterial species: case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: While Legionella is a common cause of pneumonia, extrapulmonary infections like arthritis are scarce. Here, we describe a case of monoarthritis due to Legionella bozemanii, with no history of pneumonia. We provide a literature review of the 9 previously published Legionella arthritis and...

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Autores principales: Ibranosyan, Marine, Beraud, Laetitia, Lemaire, Hélène, Ranc, Anne-Gaëlle, Ginevra, Christophe, Jarraud, Sophie, Descours, Ghislaine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31638905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4488-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6802335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31638905
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4488-z

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