Fluorescent-antibody detection of Legionella dumoffii in a fatal case of pneumonia

J Clin Microbiol. 1981 Apr;13(4):778-80. doi: 10.1128/jcm.13.4.778-780.1981.

Abstract

Legionella dumoffii organisms were detected in the lung tissue from a patient with a fatal case of pneumonia, the second reported to date. A fluorescent-antibody conjugate specific for the Tex-KL organism isolated in 1979 revealed many L, dumoffii organisms in lung tissue obtained postmortem from this patient.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique*
  • Glomerulonephritis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Legionella / classification
  • Legionella / isolation & purification*
  • Lung / microbiology
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • Pneumonia / etiology*
  • Pneumonia / mortality