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Legionella bozemanii, an Elusive Agent of Fatal Cavitary Pneumonia

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A 67-year-old patient died of Legionella bozemanii pneumonia with negative urinary antigen and negative serology. Cystic lesions in pneumonia of unknown origin should lead to the differential diagnosis of L. bozemanii infections.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, 4031, Basel, Switzerland

    A. Widmer, P. Hohl, S. Dirnhofer, S. Bassetti, S. Marsch & R. Frei

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Peter Hohl is deceased

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Widmer, A., Hohl, P., Dirnhofer, S. et al. Legionella bozemanii, an Elusive Agent of Fatal Cavitary Pneumonia. Infection 35, 180 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-007-6251-4

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