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Legionella pneumophila is a gram-negative bacterium and the causative agent of two clinically distinct syndromes -- Legionnaires′ disease, a severe and often fatal form of pneumonia, and Pontiac Fever, a mild non-fatal febrile illness. L. pneumophila is a facultative intracellular parasite that multiplies in human monocytes and alveolar macrophages (1,2).
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Horwitz, M.A. (1988). Phagocytosis and Intracellular Biology of Legionella Pneumophila . In: Cabello, F.C., Pruzzo, C. (eds) Bacteria, Complement and the Phagocytic Cell. NATO ASI Series, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85718-8_18
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