Neonatal Sudden Death Due to <i>Legionella</i> Pneumonia Associated with Water Birth in a Domestic Spa Bath - Concepedia

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Neonatal Sudden Death Due to <i>Legionella</i> Pneumonia Associated with Water Birth in a Domestic Spa Bath

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2003

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Takuhito Nagai, Hisanori Sobajima, Mitsuji Iwasa, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Fumiaki Kura, Junko Amemura‐Maekawa, Haruo Watanabe

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Abstract

We report the first case of neonatal Legionnaires' disease associated with water birth in a spa bath at home. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6 was detected from postmortem lung tissue.

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