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7805684

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
A premature child received continuous mechanical ventilation in a neonatal intensive care unit. On day 10 of his life he developed pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, monoclonal subtype Bellingham. The strain was cultured from a tracheal secretion taken on day 10 and detected by immunofluorescence using monoclonal antibodies on days 10, 12 and 17. Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 and 6 (10(2)-4 x 10(4) cfu/l) were cultured from both central and peripheral hot water systems. Monoclonal antibody testing, macrorestriction analysis of the genomic DNA using pulse-field electrophoresis, and electrophoretic alloenzyme typing showed the isolate from the child to be identical to the serogroup 1 strains from the hot water system. Four unrelated Legionella strains of the same monoclonal subgroup Bellingham were studied for comparison. Legionellae were also isolated from two other incubators, but no clinical or microbiological indications of legionellosis were found in the neonates hospitalised there. Serogroup 1 strains isolated from the patient and from the hot water system and serogroup 6 isolates from the hot water supply were able to multiply in cultured Acanthamoeba castellanii cells and in guinea pigs. The serogroup 6 strain, although prevalent in the incubators, was not found in any of the clinical specimens by either culture of immunofluorescence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0934-9723
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
565-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of Legionella pneumophila strains associated with nosocomial pneumonia in a neonatal intensive care unit.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't