Legionella pneumophilaArthritis: Use of Medium Specific for Mycobacteria for Isolation ofL. pneumophilain Culture of Articular Fluid Specimens | Zendy

Pascale Bémer | Zendy; S Léautez | Zendy; E. Ninin | Zendy; Sophie Jarraud | Zendy; François Raffi | Zendy; H Drugeon | Zendy

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Legionella pneumophilaArthritis: Use of Medium Specific for Mycobacteria for Isolation ofL. pneumophilain Culture of Articular Fluid Specimens

Author(s) -

Pascale Bémer,

S Léautez,

E. Ninin,

Sophie Jarraud,

François Raffi,

H Drugeon

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/340713

Subject(s) - legionella pneumophila , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , legionnaires' disease , isolation (microbiology) , legionella , synovial fluid , bacteria , pathology , biology , osteoarthritis , genetics , alternative medicine

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).

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