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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2340-2343, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00142-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm Associated with Legionella anisa{triangledown}

Masaki Tanabe,1* Hiroshi Nakajima,1 Akiko Nakamura,2 Takayasu Ito,1 Mashio Nakamura,1 Takatsugu Shimono,3 Hideo Wada,2 Hideto Shimpo,3 Tsutomu Nobori,2 and Masaaki Ito1

Department of Cardiology,1 Department of Molecular and Laboratory Medicine,2 Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan3

Received 23 January 2009/ Returned for modification 14 March 2009/ Accepted 15 May 2009

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Cardiology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan. Phone: 81-59-231-5015. Fax: 81-59-231-5201. E-mail: m-tanabe{at}clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 May 2009.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2009, p. 2340-2343, Vol. 47, No. 7
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.00142-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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