title: Legionella bozemanii, an elusive agent of fatal cavitary pneumonia.
abstract: A 67-year-old patient died of Legionella bozemanii pneumonia with negative urinary antigen and negative serology. Cystic lesions in pneumonia of unknown origin should lead to the differential diagnosis of L. bozemanii infections.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland. awidmer@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Widmer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hohl
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dirnhofer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frei
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007875:Legionella / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial