Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella londiniensis

Christina Stallworth; Lisa Steed; Mark A Fisher; Frederick S Nolte

doi:10.1128/JCM.02182-12

Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella londiniensis

J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Dec;50(12):4178-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02182-12. Epub 2012 Oct 10.

Authors

Christina Stallworth¹, Lisa Steed, Mark A Fisher, Frederick S Nolte

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Abstract

Legionella londiniensis has been isolated from aqueous environments. However, to our knowledge, this organism has never been isolated from clinical specimens. A case of Legionnaires' disease in a hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient caused by this organism is described, which confirms that L. londiniensis can be an opportunistic pathogen.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Female
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation / adverse effects
Humans
Legionella / classification*
Legionella / isolation & purification*
Legionnaires' Disease / diagnosis*
Legionnaires' Disease / microbiology*
Legionnaires' Disease / pathology
Middle Aged
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Transplantation*

Substances

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