Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: case report and review.
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Legionella jordanis was first described in 1982 after isolation from environmental sources and is otherwise a very rare human pathogen. Here, we report the recovery of L. jordanis from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen from a patient who presented with an indolent lower respiratory tract infection associated with constitutional symptoms. This case is the first culture-positive case of infection involving this species in Canada.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 45 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007