Isolation of Legionella pneumophila by Co-culture with Local Ameba, Canada.

ABSTRACT: Legionellosis was diagnosed in an immunocompromised 3-year-old girl in Canada. We traced the source of the bacterium through co-culture with an ameba collected from a hot tub in her home. We identified Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6, sequence type 185, and used whole-genome sequencing to confirm the environmental and clinical isolates were of common origin.

SUBMITTER: Dey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6810206 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature