Mycotic aortic aneurysm associated with Legionella anisa

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jul;47(7):2340-3. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00142-09. Epub 2009 May 20.

Abstract

Legionella anisa is rarely associated with human disease. Its gene was identified by broad-range PCR in whole blood and excised tissue from a patient with a culture-negative mycotic aneurysm and was considered as a possible pathogen. This case report is potentially useful for the future diagnosis of intravascular infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology*
  • Aneurysm, Infected / surgery
  • Blood / microbiology
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Humans
  • Legionella / isolation & purification*
  • Legionellosis / complications
  • Legionellosis / diagnosis*
  • Legionellosis / microbiology*
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Radiography, Abdominal
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S