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Case Reports
. 1996 Nov;49(5):202-4.
doi: 10.1016/0300-2977(96)00044-7.

Relapse of Legionella longbeachae infection in an immunocompromised patient

N G van't Hullenaar  1 , R J van Ketel, E J Kuijper, P J Bakker, J Dankert
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Relapse of Legionella longbeachae infection in an immunocompromised patient

N G van't Hullenaar et al. Neth J Med. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

We describe the first known case of Legionella longbeachae infection in the Netherlands in a patient with myasthenia gravis. Infection with L. longbeachae relapsed after prolonged therapy with erythromycin. No environmental source of L. longbeachae could be traced.

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