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CASE REPORT article

Front. Med.
Sec. Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567

First Report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in immunocompromised patient

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Marilena L. Sorda Marilena L. Sorda 1Ivana Palucci Ivana Palucci 1Daniele Natalini Daniele Natalini 1Silvia Fillo Silvia Fillo 2Francesco Giordani Francesco Giordani 2Francesco Paglione Francesco Paglione 1Anella Monte Anella Monte 2Florigio Lista Florigio Lista 2Fabiola Mancini Fabiola Mancini 3Antonietta Girolamo Antonietta Girolamo 3Maria C. Rota Maria C. Rota 3Maria G. Caporali Maria G. Caporali 3Rosalba Ricci Rosalba Ricci 1Christophe GINEVRA Christophe GINEVRA 4Sophie Jarraud Sophie Jarraud 4MAURIZIO SANGUINETTI MAURIZIO SANGUINETTI 1Maria Scaturro Maria Scaturro 3*Maria Luisa Ricci Maria Luisa Ricci 3
  • 1 Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic (IRCCS), Rome, Lazio, Italy
  • 2 Defence Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Rome, Sicily, Italy
  • 3 National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy
  • 4 Centre National de Référence des Légionelles, Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France

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    Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a severe pneumonia, typically acquired by susceptible people through inhalation of aerosols contaminated by Legionella pneumophila (Lp). In this report, the first case of coinfection Lp-Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is described. A possible source of Lp infection could be a hotel in Paris (France), where the patient had stayed before having symptoms. The Bb infection may have been transmitted from the dog, with which he was constantly in contact, although this has not been proven.

    Keywords: Legionnaires' Disease, Legionella pneumophila, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Coinfection, cgMLST

    Received: 25 Jul 2024; Accepted: 20 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Sorda, Palucci, Natalini, Fillo, Giordani, Paglione, Monte, Lista, Mancini, Girolamo, Rota, Caporali, Ricci, GINEVRA, Jarraud, SANGUINETTI, Scaturro and Ricci. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Maria Scaturro, National Institute of Health (ISS), Rome, Italy

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