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. 2007 Jul;45(7):2321-3.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00314-07. Epub 2007 May 9.

Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: case report and review

Donald C Vinh  1 , Richard Garceau, Gabriela Martinez, Debbie Wiebe, Tamara Burdz, Aleisha Reimer, Kathryn Bernard
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Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: case report and review

Donald C Vinh et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

Legionella jordanis was first described in 1982 after isolation from environmental sources and is otherwise a very rare human pathogen. Here, we report the recovery of L. jordanis from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen from a patient who presented with an indolent lower respiratory tract infection associated with constitutional symptoms. This case is the first culture-positive case of infection involving this species in Canada.

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