A case report of severe pulmonary legionellosis caused by Legionella bozemanae
We report a case of Legionnaires’ disease caused by Legionella bozemanae , which is the first time that L. bozemanae has been isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage fluid sample from an immunocompromised patient in China. The findings highlight the susceptibility of immunocompromised patients to infections caused by the rare but highly pathogenic L. bozemanae .
Authors
- Zhancheng Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7415-1416)
- Pei-Xing Xu
- Wentao Ni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0687-5196)
- Fang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7713-561X)
- Ran Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-0463)
- Yanwen Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3467-2871)
- Hongyu Ren
- Na Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2396-2483)
- Tian Qin
Institutions
- Peking University (CN)
- Peking University People's Hospital (CN)
- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Bacteriology
- Published
- 2024-10-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fbrio.2024.1476727
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.24
Funders
- Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China