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Fatal Legionella maceachernii pneumonia in Canada
E Thomas1, N K Gupta, N G van der Westhuizen
1Department of Laboratories, Regina General Hospital, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of pneumonia and acute tubular necrosis was caused by an initially unknown species of Legionella. The organism was later identified as Legionella maceachernii by a combination of cultural, biochemical, and serological methods along with a gas-liquid chromatographic profile.