Publication: Travel-associated infections caused by unusual serogroups of Legionella pneumophila identified using Legionella BIOCHIP slides in Turkey and Iraq
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2016-05-01T00:00:00Z
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Kocazeybek, Bekir S.
Yuksel, Pelin
Keskin, Dilek
Sheikh, Suhail
Habip, Zafer
Yavuzer, Serap Sahin
Caliskan, Reyhan
Altun, Yagiz Meric
Kuskucu, Mert
Cengiz, Mahir
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Background: Although Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 is the common disease causing serogroup, rare serogroups can also may cause legionellosis. A 54-year-old male patient (index case) reported that he had been on a religious trip (for visiting, tomb of Ali, which is important for Shias) to Iraq with a large group (50 shia pilgrims from Kars city of Turkey) two weeks prior to admission. Due to civil war, the hotel where the patient stayed in Iraq lacked proper hygiene. A large number of people in the travel group were experiencing the same symptoms. Other five cases were 2 males (ages; 50, 45) and 3 females including the wife of the index case (ages; 50, 28, 27).
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Kocazeybek B. S. , Yuksel P., Keskin D., Sheikh S., Habip Z., Yavuzer S. S. , Caliskan R., Altun Y. M. , Kuskucu M., Cengiz M., et al., -Travel-associated infections caused by unusual serogroups of Legionella pneumophila identified using Legionella BIOCHIP slides in Turkey and Iraq-, Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, cilt.14, ss.248-254, 2016