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Reactive Legionella pneumophila arthritis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

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  1. Second Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192, Japan

    Tateaki Naito, Takafumi Suda, Kumiko Saga & Kingo Chida

  2. Division of Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tottori University School of Medicine, 86 Nishi, Yonago, 683-8503, Japan

    Toshinobu Horii

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Naito, T., Suda, T., Saga, K. et al. Reactive Legionella pneumophila arthritis diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction. Rheumatol Int 27, 415–416 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-006-0223-3

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