Isolation of Pittsburgh pneumonia agent from a hospital shower.
Tatlockia (Legionella) micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent, was isolated from a hospital shower. Although it was not possible, at the current time, to establish an epidemiological link to disease acquisition, this information may be significant because it provides further evidence that a water-associated reservoir of this organism exists within the hospital.
D006761:Hospitals; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012498:Sanitary Engineering; D014871:Water Microbiology