A case of nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia.

  • 1 June 2003
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 56  (3) , 101-2
Abstract
We report a case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with interstitial lung disease. Intensive environmental investigations revealed that a system of all-day-running bathwater was the source of infection. In this case, the concentration of L. pneumophila in the hospital bathwater was low. We therefore emphasize that even a low concentration of L. pneumophila in environmental water can cause serious infections to immunocompromised patients in a hospital.

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