Legionella jordanis lower respiratory tract infection: case report and review.

ABSTRACT: Legionella jordanis was first described in 1982 after isolation from environmental sources and is otherwise a very rare human pathogen. Here, we report the recovery of L. jordanis from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen from a patient who presented with an indolent lower respiratory tract infection associated with constitutional symptoms. This case is the first culture-positive case of infection involving this species in Canada.

SUBMITTER: Vinh DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1932991 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature