Non- Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 pneumonia: Diagnosis of a nosocomial legionellosis with the Biofire Pneumonia plus panel

Camille Courboules; Nathalie Dournon; Christine Lawrence; Latifa Noussair; Ghislaine Descours; Valérie Sivadon-Tardy; Sophie Jarraud; Jean-Louis Herrmann; Jean-Louis Gaillard; Florence Espinasse; Faten El Sayed; Anne-Laure Roux

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01487

Non- Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 pneumonia: Diagnosis of a nosocomial legionellosis with the Biofire Pneumonia plus panel

IDCases. 2022 Mar 25:28:e01487. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01487. eCollection 2022.

Affiliations

¹ Laboratoire de Microbiologie, APHP, CHU Ambroise Paré, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
² Equipe Mobile d'Infectiologie, APHP, CHU Ambroise Paré, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
³ Equipe Opérationnelle d'Hygiène, APHP, CHU Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France.
⁴ Laboratoire de Microbiologie, APHP, CHU Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France.
⁵ Centre National de Référence des Legionella, Université de Lyon, INSERME U851, et Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France.
⁶ Equipe Opérationnelle d'Hygiène, APHP, CHU Ambroise Paré, Boulogne Billancourt, France.

Abstract

We report a nosocomial case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia caused by a serogroup 10 strain diagnosed with the Biofire® Pneumonia plus panel. Molecular investigations of the environment of the patient allowed us to identify the source of contamination.

Keywords: Diagnosis; Legionellosis; Multiplex PCR; Nosocomial.

Publication types

Case Reports