Isolation of Legionella rubrilucens from a pneumonia patient co-infected with Legionella pneumophila

J Med Microbiol. 2010 Oct;59(Pt 10):1242-1246. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.016089-0. Epub 2010 Jun 17.

Abstract

We report what we believe to be the first clinical isolation of Legionella rubrilucens from a pneumonia patient co-infected with Legionella pneumophila. L. rubrilucens strains were found in both a patient's sputum and the water of a hot spring in which the patient bathed, and DNA analysis by PFGE showed that they were indistinguishable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • DNA Fingerprinting
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Legionella / classification*
  • Legionella / isolation & purification*
  • Legionellosis / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sputum / microbiology
  • Water Microbiology

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB537503