Persistently positive culture of antimicrobial-susceptible Legionella pneumophila despite appropriate therapy

Nastaran Rafiei; Briony Shaw; Claire Dendle; Stephen Opat; Deborah Williamson; Maryza Graham

doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000113

Persistently positive culture of antimicrobial-susceptible Legionella pneumophila despite appropriate therapy

Nastaran Rafiei
, Briony Shaw
, Claire Dendle
, Stephen Opat
, Deborah Williamson
, Maryza Graham

Medicine Monash Health

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Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is a well-known cause of pneumonia that is infrequently cultured in clinical practice. We report a case of an immunocompromised patient with persistently positive L. pneumophila cultures from invasive respiratory samples despite prolonged treatment with appropriate antibiotics. In vitro testing showed that the isolate remained susceptible to ciprofloxacin and azithromycin.

Original language	English
Article number	000113
Number of pages	3
Journal	Access Microbiology
Volume	2
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000113
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

culture
immunocompromised host
Legionella pneumophila

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