First isolation of Legionella gormanii from human disease

M E Griffith; D S Lindquist; R F Benson; W L Thacker; D J Brenner; H W Wilkinson

doi:10.1128/jcm.26.2.380-381.1988

First isolation of Legionella gormanii from human disease

J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Feb;26(2):380-1. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.2.380-381.1988.

Authors

M E Griffith¹, D S Lindquist, R F Benson, W L Thacker, D J Brenner, H W Wilkinson

Affiliation

¹ Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.

Abstract

Legionella gormanii, previously isolated only from the environment, was grown from the bronchial brush specimen of a patient with pneumonia. The organism was characterized by serologic, biochemical, and DNA hybridization studies.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Agglutination Tests
Bronchi / microbiology*
DNA, Bacterial / analysis
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Humans
Immune Tolerance
Legionella / genetics
Legionella / immunology
Legionella / isolation & purification*
Legionellosis / microbiology*
Middle Aged
Nucleic Acid Hybridization

Substances

DNA, Bacterial