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Speculations on the influence of infecting phenotype on virulence and antibiotic susceptibility of Legionella pneumophila.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jul 1995
Barker J, Brown M R
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It is not clear how Legionella pneumophila, which is a ubiquitous aquatic organism not possessing a mammalian reservoir, evolved the ability to cause human disease. The unusual ecology of the organism may play an important role in the transmission and virulence of legionella infections. L. pneumophila can infect and kill specific species of free-living amoebae as well as multiplying as an intracellular parasite...
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