Legionella cincinnatiensis sp. nov. isolated from a patient with pneumonia.
A Legionella-like organism (strain 72-OH-H [= ATCC 43753]) was isolated from an open-lung biopsy specimen from a hemodialysis patient with end-stage renal disease and bronchopneumonia. Growth characteristics and gas-liquid chromatographic profiles of the isolate were consistent with those for Legionella spp. The isolate was presumptively identified as a Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 strain by direct immunofluorescence staining. However, the organism was serologically distinct in the slide agglutination test with absorbed antisera. DNA hybridization studies showed that strain 72-OH-H constitutes a new Legionella species, which is named Legionella cincinnatiensis (ATCC 43753).
Thacker
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Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.
Benson
R F
RF
Staneck
J L
JL
Vincent
S R
SR
Mayberry
W R
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Brenner
D J
DJ
Wilkinson
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HW
D000328:Adult; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001706:Biopsy; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization
D004269:DNA, Bacterial