Molecular evidence of legionella pneumophila associated lower respiratory tract infection in covid-19 suspected patient in_sri case report

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• who: Shiromee from the During the pandemic, laboratory diagnosis for other respiratory infections was not performed due to the high suspicion of , in symptomatic patients and exhaustion of human resourcesMoreover, laboratory reagents and consumables for testing for different respiratory pathogens were also not widely available. However, we have been testing for the infective aetiology in a sample of symptomatic patients with respiratory symptoms who were , negative during the pandemic. L. pneumophila infection was identified in one patient who responded to the antibiotic therapy with a complete recovery. Hence it is important to identify the aetiology to manage . . .
  

   

  

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