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. 2024 Nov 13;62(11):e0086324.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.00863-24. Epub 2024 Nov 13.

The Brief Case: A fatal case of Legionella pneumophila in an elderly patient

Andrew Sulaiman  1 , Emily Gisriel  2 , Karen C Carroll  1
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The Brief Case: A fatal case of Legionella pneumophila in an elderly patient

Andrew Sulaiman et al. J Clin Microbiol. .

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Keywords: Legionella; Legionella pneumophila; Legionella pneumophila non-serogroup 1; Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1; buffered charcoal yeast extract; clinical case; clinical microbiology; urine antigen test.

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Fig 1
Fig 1
Representative chest X-ray and CT at presentation. (A) Representative chest X-ray showing diffuse patchy right lung parenchymal infiltrates. (B) Representative CT without contrast image of the chest showing prominent patchy parenchymal infiltrates in the right lower lobe (arrow).
Fig 2
Fig 2
Culture plates of Legionella pneumophila from the patient’s respiratory aspirate. Culture plates show no growth on blood agar plate (BAP) or colistin nalidixic acid (CNA) but robust growth on BCYE plates ± PAC or PAV. Regarding the single colony on the BAP plate, it is a contaminant that may have appeared from condensation on the lids while technologists were opening these plates daily over 7 days. The colony is not on a streak line.
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