We report the first case of neonatal Legionnaires' disease associated with water birth in a spa bath at home. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6 was detected from postmortem lung tissue.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.5.2227-2229.2003DOI Listing

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