Legionella jordanis isolated from a patient with fatal pneumonia.

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A Legionella-like organism was isolated from an open-lung biopsy of a patient with fatal pneumonia. The isolate was shown by growth, physiologic, serologic, and genetic characteristics to belong to the species Legionella jordanis, which had previously been isolated only from the environment.

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