Travel-associated infections caused by unusual serogroups of Legionella pneumophila identified using Legionella BIOCHIP slides in Turkey and Iraq

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Kocazeybek B. S., Yuksel P., Keskin D., Sheikh S., Habip Z., Yavuzer S. S., ...More

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, vol.14, no.3, pp.248-254, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Article
• Volume: 14 Issue: 3
• Publication Date: 2016
• Doi Number: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.04.001
• Journal Name: Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.248-254
• Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

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).