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. 1979 Mar;9(3):457-8.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.9.3.457-458.1979.

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from a transtracheal aspirate

P H Edelstein, S M Finegold

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from a transtracheal aspirate

P H Edelstein et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1979 Mar.

Abstract

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from a transtracheal aspirate was achieved by using simple in vitro culture methods. Clinical microbiologists should routinely culture for this organism from appropriate body fluids obtained from normally sterile areas.

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