Legionnaires' Disease Caused by Legionella londiniensis
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Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella londiniensis.
Legionella londiniensis has been isolated from aqueous environments. However, to our knowledge, this organism has never been isolated from clinical specimens. A case of Legionnaires' disease in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient caused by this organism is described, which confirms that L. londiniensis can be an opportunistic pathogen.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0095-1137
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.02182-12