legionellosis acquired through a dental unit: a case study. | in 2012, an elderly immunocompromised man died from legionellosis at a hospital in uppsala, sweden. the patient had visited a dental ward at the hospital during the incubation period. legionella spp. at a concentration of 2000 colony-forming units/l were isolated from the cupfiller outlet providing water for oral rinsing. isolates from the patient and the dental unit were legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, subgroup knoxville and st9. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and whole-genome sequencing ... | 2017 | 28228245 |