We report a case of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia in a patient with interstitial lung disease. Intensive environmental investigations revealed that a system of all-day-running bathwater was the source of infection. In this case, the concentration of L. pneumophila in the hospital bathwater was low. We therefore emphasize that even a low concentration of L. pneumophila in environmental water can cause serious infections to immunocompromised patients in a hospital.
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Torii, K., Iinuma, Y., Ichikawa, M., Kato, K., Koide, M., Baba, H., … Ohta, M. (2003). A case of nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia. Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 56(3), 101–102.
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