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Case Reports
. 2022 Mar 25:28:e01487.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01487. eCollection 2022.

Non- Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 pneumonia: Diagnosis of a nosocomial legionellosis with the Biofire Pneumonia plus panel

Camille Courboules  1 , Nathalie Dournon  2 , Christine Lawrence  3 , Latifa Noussair  4 , Ghislaine Descours  5 , Valérie Sivadon-Tardy  1 , Sophie Jarraud  5 , Jean-Louis Herrmann  4 , Jean-Louis Gaillard  1 , Florence Espinasse  6 , Faten El Sayed  1 , Anne-Laure Roux  1
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Non- Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 pneumonia: Diagnosis of a nosocomial legionellosis with the Biofire Pneumonia plus panel

Camille Courboules et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

We report a nosocomial case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia caused by a serogroup 10 strain diagnosed with the Biofire® Pneumonia plus panel. Molecular investigations of the environment of the patient allowed us to identify the source of contamination.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Legionellosis; Multiplex PCR; Nosocomial.

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The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

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