Legionella longbeachae pneumonia: report of two cases.
Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 was isolated from the respiratory secretions of two patients with community-acquired pneumonia. One patient had a mild infection without evidence of the involvement of other organs and recovered, in spite of inappropriate antibiotic therapy. The other patient was severely-ill on presentation with multisystem failure and died soon after admission to hospital. The organisms were identified by the immunofluorescence technique and by quantitative DNA-hybridization studies. The sources of the infection in these patients are unknown as the organism has never been isolated from the SA environment.
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Division of Clinical Microbiology, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, SA.
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D000368:Aged; D004247:DNA; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013183:Sputum / Q000382:microbiology
D004247:DNA