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Case Reports
. 2011 Sep;49(9):3340-2.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01066-11. Epub 2011 Jul 27.

Native valve endocarditis due to a novel strain of Legionella

Meghan M Pearce  1 , Nicole Theodoropoulos, Gary A Noskin, John P Flaherty, Mary E Stemper, Teresa Aspeslet, Nicholas P Cianciotto, Kurt D Reed
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Native valve endocarditis due to a novel strain of Legionella

Meghan M Pearce et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Legionellae are Gram-negative bacteria which are capable of causing disease, most commonly in the form of pneumonia. We describe a case of native valve endocarditis caused by a Legionella strain which by genotypic (16S rRNA and mip gene sequencing) and phenotypic analyses is unlike previously described strains of Legionella.

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