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<i>Legionella pneumophila</i>Arthritis: Use of Medium Specific for Mycobacteria for Isolation of<i>L. pneumophila</i>in Culture of Articular Fluid Specimens
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Acute Purulent ArthritisMedical MicrobiologyMicrobial DiseaseMedium SpecificArticular Fluid SpecimensMedicineLegionella PneumophilaPathogenesisBacteriologyPathologyTuberculosisProsthetic Joint InfectionsMicrobiologyInfection ControlBacterial PathogensClinical MicrobiologyFirst CaseDiagnostic Microbiology
We report the first case, to our knowledge, of acute purulent arthritis due to Legionella pneumophila in an immunosuppressed patient. L. pneumophila was isolated from samples of blood and articular fluid cultured with use of medium specific for mycobacteria (Bactec 13A medium).
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