Legionella pneumophila as Cause of Severe Community-Acquired Pneumonia, China

Abstract

We report a case of community-acquired pneumonia in a patient in China. We verified Legionella pneumophila infection through next-generation sequencing of blood, sputum, and pleural effusion samples. Our results show the usefulness of next-generation sequencing and of testing different samples early in the course of illness to identify this bacterium.

Keywords

• community-acquired pneumonia
• Legionella pneumophila
• next generation sequencing
• bacteria
• pneumonia
• respiratory infections