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6699435

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Plasmid analysis was used in the investigation of an outbreak of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in four patients. Serogroup 1 strains were isolated from two patients, the air-conditioning cooling tower, and two hot-water tanks. All serogroup 1 strains contained two plasmids with approximate molecular masses of 21 and 48 megadaltons (Mdal). The serogroup 1 strain found in the cooling-tower isolate also contained an additional 1.9 Mdal-plasmid. Restriction-endonuclease analysis of the 21-Mdal plasmid that was present in patient and hot water-tank isolates revealed identical EcoRI and HaeIII fragment patterns. Digestion of the similarly sized plasmid in the cooling-tower isolate resulted in a unique fragment pattern. The data provide direct bacteriologic evidence implicating the hot-water tanks rather than the cooling tower as the source of the infecting strain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-1899
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
149
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
251-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasmids as epidemiological markers in nosocomial Legionnaires' disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article