title: A case of nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia.
abstract: We report a case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with interstitial lung disease. Intensive environmental investigations revealed that a system of all-day-running bathwater was the source of infection. In this case, the concentration of L. pneumophila in the hospital bathwater was low. We therefore emphasize that even a low concentration of L. pneumophila in environmental water can cause serious infections to immunocompromised patients in a hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Nagoya, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
authors.forename: Keizo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: Yoshitsugu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iinuma
authors.forename: Motoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koide
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Ryujiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology