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Use of Galleria mellonella as a Model Organism to Study Legionella pneumophila Infection
Published on: November 22, 2013
[Legionella pneumonia in an immunocompetent child]
1Service de pédiatrie, hôpital Clémenceau, CHU de Caen, 14033 Caen Cedex, France. mhakouou@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We report a case of Legionella pneumonia in an immunocompetent child. Legionella pneumonia is a rare pathology among children, and even rarer when they are immuno-competent; a few cases have been reported in the literature. This is explained by the fact that infection occurs primarily to immuno-suppressed patients. Legionella bacteria are not systematically sought for in front of child's atypical pneumonia, contrary to Mycoplasma or Chlamydiae. In addition, a number of cases are probably not even noticed because either not serious (Pontiac fever), spontaneously cured, or cured with macrolides prescribed in the case of suspected pneumonia with Mycoplasma.
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