AUTHOR=La Sorda Marilena , Palucci Ivana , Natalini Daniele , Fillo Silvia , Giordani Francesco , Paglione Francesco , Monte Anella , Lista Florigio , Mancini Fabiola , Girolamo Antonietta , Rota Maria Cristina , Caporali Maria Grazia , Ricci Rosalba , Ginevra Christophe , Jarraud Sophie , Sanguinetti Maurizio , Scaturro Maria , Ricci Maria Luisa 

TITLE=Case report: First report of Legionella pneumophila and Bordetella bronchiseptica coinfection in an immunocompromised patient

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=Volume 11 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2024.1470567

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=Legionnaires' disease (LD) is a severe pneumonia, typically acquired by susceptible people through inhalation of aerosols contaminated by Legionella pneumophila (Lp). In this report, the first case of coinfection Lp-Bordetella bronchiseptica (Bb) is described. A possible source of Lp infection could be a hotel in Paris (France), where the patient had stayed before having symptoms. The Bb infection may have been transmitted from the dog, with which he was constantly in contact, although this has not been proven.