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Microbiological and Clinical Studies of Legionellosis in 33 Patients with Cancer.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 2015
Han Xiang Y, Ihegword Andrea, Evans Scott E, Zhang Jiaqi, Li Li, Cao Hongjing, Tarrand Jeffrey J, El-Kweifi Omar
Abstract excerpt
Legionella, a large group of environmental Gram-negative bacteria, represents an occasional cause of pneumonia. We analyzed the microbiological and clinical features of 33 consecutive cases of Legionella infections that occurred at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, from 2002 to 2014. The Legionella strains were isolated from bronchoscopy specimens (32 strains) and a blood culture (1...
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