Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient

Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient

Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a serious type of pneumonia, typically contracted by susceptible people through the inhalation of aerosols contaminated with Legionella pneumophila (Lp). In this report, the first case of coinfection with Lp–Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is described. A possible s...

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Main Authors: Marilena La Sorda, Ivana Palucci, Daniele Natalini, Silvia Fillo, Francesco Giordani, Francesco Paglione, Anella Monte, Florigio Lista, Fabiola Mancini, Antonietta Girolamo, Maria Cristina Rota, Maria Grazia Caporali, Rosalba Ricci, Christophe Ginevra, Sophie Jarraud, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Maria Scaturro, Maria Luisa Ricci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
legionnaires' disease
Legionella pneumophila
Bordetella bronchiseptica
coinfection
cgMLST
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567/full

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