title: Diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease by radioimmunoassay of Legionella antigen in pleural fluid.
abstract: We describe a case of culture-proven Legionnaires' disease (serogroup 1) in which a rapid diagnosis was made by detection of Legionella antigen in pleural fluid by use of the Binax radioimmunoassay for urine.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown 26506.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Oliverio
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Vickers
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menon
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial