title: Incidence of Legionella pneumophila in acute lower respiratory tract infections.
abstract: The etiological role of Legionella pneumophila and other infectious agents in acute lower respiratory tract infections in 112 patients attending an infectious disease clinic was estimated by a serological study of paired sera and bacteriological culture of nasopharynx swabs and culture and immunoelectroosmophoresis of expectorates. Only 2 of the patients had a 4-fold rise in antibody titre to L. pneumophila, suggesting a similar incidence of legionnaires' disease as reported from USA.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007875:Legionella / Q000276:immunology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013548:Sweden
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial