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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020 Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical community-acquired pneumonia usually caused by Legionella pneumophilia, which is typically associated with exposure to tower cooling or water systems. In Australia, Legionnaires’ disease is more commonly caused
Chee H. Loh, Rajeev Soni
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Infection of cultured human endothelial cells by Legionella pneumophila. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative pathogen that causes a severe pneumonia known as Legionnaires' disease. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that L. pneumophila infects and grows within cultured human endothelial cells. Endothelial infection
Lucius Chiaraviglio +2 more
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Legionnaires’ disease and gardening [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2007 Legionella longbeachae was cultured from the sputum of a patient suffering from Legionnaires' disease. Source identification efforts included analysis of samples of potting soil from the patient's garden, and a genotypically indistinguishable strain of L. longbeachae was cultured from this material.
den Boer, JW +6 more
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Legionnaires’ disease in the time of COVID-19
Pneumonia, 2021 Due to similarities in initial disease presentation, clinicians may be inclined to repeatedly test community-acquired pneumonia cases for COVID-19 before recognizing the need to test for Legionnaires’ disease.
Kelsie Cassell +2 more
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Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease at a medical center in northern Taiwan
Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2019 Background/purpose: Legionella pneumophila had been recognized as an important pathogen for community-acquired pneumonia. We aimed to investigate clinical features and outcomes of patients with Legionnaires' disease at a tertiary medical center in ...
Wei-Fang Kao +3 more
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Legionella pneumonia in the Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada: a case series
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2016 Background Legionella pneumophila, a major cause of Legionnaires’ disease, accounts for 2–15 % of all community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization and up to 30 % of community-acquired pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission.
Stephanie Cargnelli +2 more
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Legionnaires’ disease: A critical report of the pneumonia of unknown origin outbreak in Argentina
Global Biosecurity, 2022 An outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin was identified in a health facility in Tucumán, Argentina in August 2022. Initial laboratory testing has suggested Legionella pneumophila and Legionella spp.
Evangeline Reiko Kenrick Gardiner +3 more
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Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection, 2022 Purpose: To describe the investigation and intervention of a cluster of Legionnaires’ disease detected during the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Jung-Jr Ye +5 more
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Epidemiology of Legionnaires’ Disease, Hong Kong, China, 2005−2015
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 We reviewed findings of clinical, epidemiologic, and environmental investigations for 288 confirmed case-patients with Legionnaires’ disease reported in Hong Kong, China, during January 2005−December 2015.
Yiu-Hong Leung +4 more
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Role of Legionella pneumophila outer membrane vesicles in host-pathogen interaction
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic intracellular pathogen that inhabits artificial water systems and can be transmitted to human hosts by contaminated aerosols.
Ayesha Ayesha +2 more
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