title: [Studies on the detection of Legionella pneumophila by the application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)].
abstract: DNA fragment of Legionella pneumophila, the PCR was performed with a pair of artificial synthesized primer. Results of agarose electrophoresis and EB staining showed that there was a 870 bp band shared by serogroups 1-14 of L.pneumophila. The sensitivity of PCR in detecting Legionella from water was 350cfu/ml, however, the specific DNA probe labeled with 32P was .43cfu/ml by blot hybridization. The positive rate of tissue specimens from infected guinea-pigs with Legionella pneumophila was 83.3% by PCR detection, and only 26.6% by bacteriological culture method. An outbeak caused by Lp10 was verified by PCR. The result showed that the PCR could detect the infection of Legionella rapidly, specifically and sensitively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial