AUTHOR=La Sorda Marilena , Palucci Ivana , Natalini Daniele , Fillo Silvia , Giordani Francesco , Paglione Francesco , Monte Anella , Lista Florigio , Mancini Fabiola , Girolamo Antonietta , Rota Maria Cristina , Caporali Maria Grazia , Ricci Rosalba , Ginevra Christophe , Jarraud Sophie , Sanguinetti Maurizio , Scaturro Maria , Ricci Maria Luisa 

TITLE=Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=11

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=<p>Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a serious type of pneumonia, typically contracted by susceptible people through the inhalation of aerosols contaminated with <italic>Legionella pneumophila (Lp)</italic>. In this report, the first case of coinfection with <italic>Lp</italic>–<italic>Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb)</italic> is described. A possible source of the Lp infection may be the hotel in Paris (France) where the patient had stayed before developing the symptoms. The Bb infection may have been transmitted by the dog with which he had constant contact, although this has not been proven.</p>