Isolation of Legionella pneumophila by Co-culture with Local Ameba, Canada
Legionellosis was diagnosed in an immunocompromised 3-year-old girl in Canada. We traced the source of the bacterium through co-culture with an ameba collected from a hot tub in her home. We identified Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6, sequence type 185, and used whole-genome sequencing to confirm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/11/19-0522_article |