New serogroup of Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 8.
A strain of Legionella pneumophila (designated Concord 3) was isolated from a postmortem lung specimen of a patient with pneumonia. Direct fluorescent-antibody and immunoelectrophoresis tests, using absorbed and unabsorbed reagents prepared to this and other strains of legionellae, indicated that the Concord 3 strain represents a new serogroup of L. pneumophila, serogroup 8.
D000368:Aged; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping