Persistently positive culture of antimicrobial-susceptible Legionella pneumophila despite appropriate therapy

Nastaran Rafiei; Briony Shaw; Claire Dendle; Stephen Opat; Deborah Williamson; Maryza Graham

doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000113

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Persistently positive culture of antimicrobial-susceptible Legionella pneumophila despite appropriate therapy

Nastaran Rafiei¹, Briony Shaw², Claire Dendle¹, Stephen Opat², Deborah Williamson³ and Maryza Graham^1,4,5
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Affiliations: ¹ Monash Infectious Diseases, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia ² Department of Haematology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia ³ Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Australia ⁴ Department of Microbiology, Monash Health, Clayton, Victoria, Australia ⁵ Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
*Correspondence: Nastaran Rafiei, [email protected]
Published: 02 March 2020 https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000113

Abstract

Legionella pneumophila is a well-known cause of pneumonia that is infrequently cultured in clinical practice. We report a case of an immunocompromised patient with persistently positive L. pneumophila cultures from invasive respiratory samples despite prolonged treatment with appropriate antibiotics. In vitro testing showed that the isolate remained susceptible to ciprofloxacin and azithromycin.

Received: 17/08/2019
Accepted: 12/02/2020
Published Online: 02/03/2020

Keyword(s): culture , immunocompromised host and Legionella pneumophila

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