Legionella feeleii explained
Legionella feeleii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium from the genus Legionella which was isolated from an automobile plant and which was held responsible for causing Pontiac fever in 317 workers.[1] [2] The organism did not grow on blood agar, required L-cysteine, and showed significant quantities of branched-chain fatty acids. More recently,[3] an unusual, extrapulmonary case was described in a 66-year-old woman admitted to Hopital Nord, Marseille, France because of a complicated cellulitis and an abscess on her right leg following a suspected insect or spider bite.
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Notes and References
- Herwaldt LA, Gorman GW, McGrath T, Toma S, Brake B, Hightower AW, Jones J, Reingold AL, Boxer PA, Tang PW . A new Legionella species, Legionella feeleii species nova, causes Pontiac fever in an automobile plant . en . Annals of Internal Medicine . 100 . 3 . 333–8 . March 1984 . 6696354 . 10.7326/0003-4819-100-3-333 .
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- Loridant S, Lagier JC, La Scola B . Identification of Legionella feeleii cellulitis . Emerging Infectious Diseases . 17 . 1 . 145–6 . January 2011 . 21192884 . 3204652 . 10.3201/eid1701.101346 .
