L. pneumo´phila: |
the causative agent of legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever. It was the first species of the genus isolated and characterized, and it has been found in human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, pleural fluid, and blood and in numerous environmental sites such as riparian and other soil, and in cooling-tower water, tap water, shower heads, construction and excavation sites, and aerosolized droplets from heat-exchange systems.
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