Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018

A nosocomial case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia likely caused by a serogroup 3 strain was detected by a urinary antigen test in Spain in 2018. Although Legionella bacteria could not be isolated from respiratory samples, molecular methods implicated the sink faucet of the patient’s room as the...

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Autores principales: Vicente, Diego, Marimón, Jose M., Lanzeta, Itziar, Martin, Tania, Cilla, Gustavo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625842
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181069
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author Vicente, Diego
Marimón, Jose M.
Lanzeta, Itziar
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Cilla, Gustavo
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description A nosocomial case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia likely caused by a serogroup 3 strain was detected by a urinary antigen test in Spain in 2018. Although Legionella bacteria could not be isolated from respiratory samples, molecular methods implicated the sink faucet of the patient’s room as the probable infection source.
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spelling pubmed-68101892019-11-01 Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018 Vicente, Diego Marimón, Jose M. Lanzeta, Itziar Martin, Tania Cilla, Gustavo Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch A nosocomial case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia likely caused by a serogroup 3 strain was detected by a urinary antigen test in Spain in 2018. Although Legionella bacteria could not be isolated from respiratory samples, molecular methods implicated the sink faucet of the patient’s room as the probable infection source. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6810189/ /pubmed/31625842 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181069 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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title Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018
title_full Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018
title_fullStr Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018
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title_short Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia, Spain, 2018
title_sort fatal case of nosocomial legionella pneumophila pneumonia, spain, 2018
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31625842
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.181069
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