| Literature DB >> 12060893 |
Pascale Bemer1, Sophie Leautez, Emmanuelle Ninin, Sophie Jarraud, François Raffi, Henri Drugeon.
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We report the first case, to our knowledge, of acute purulent arthritis due to Legionella pneumophila in an immunosuppressed patient. L. pneumophila was isolated from samples of blood and articular fluid cultured with use of medium specific for mycobacteria (Bactec 13A medium).Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12060893 DOI: 10.1086/340713
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Infect Dis ISSN: 1058-4838 Impact factor: 9.079