New serogroup of Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 8

J Clin Microbiol. 1983 May;17(5):887-91. doi: 10.1128/jcm.17.5.887-891.1983.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Humans
  • Immunoelectrophoresis
  • Legionella / classification*
  • Legionella / isolation & purification
  • Male
  • Pneumonia / microbiology
  • Serotyping