Imported cases of legionellosis with lethal outcome in Khabarovsk Krai
Abstract
А patient who got sick in Thailand, arrived to Russia on the fifth day from disease onset, despite hospitalization and intensive treatment he died from bilateral atypical pneumonia 3 days later. Legionella pneumophila was revealed as the etiological causes of pneumonia by bacteriological, serological, PCR and mass spectrometric studies of post-mortem samples.
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L. G. Gridneva
Khabarovsk Plague Control Station of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
L. F. Gulyako
Khabarovsk Plague Control Station of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
L. I. Ivanov
Khabarovsk Plague Control Station of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
N. B. Belozerova
Khabarovsk Plague Control Station of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
T. V. Gromova
Khabarovsk Plague Control Station of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
T. N. Karavyanskaya
Administration of Federal service on customer's rights protection and human well-being surveillance of Khabarovsk Region, Khabarovsk, Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Review
For citations:
Gridneva L.G., Gulyako L.F., Ivanov L.I., Belozerova N.B., Gromova T.V., Karavyanskaya T.N. Imported cases of legionellosis with lethal outcome in Khabarovsk Krai . Far Eastern Journal of Infectious Pathology. 2015;(27):66-69. (In Russ.)
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