A Fifth Serogroup of Legionella pneumophila
Authors: ALBERT C. ENGLAND
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1980)

Brief Reports1 July 1980A Fifth Serogroup of Legionella pneumophilaALBERT C. ENGLAND III, M.D., ROGER M. McKINNEY, Ph.D., PETER SKALIY, Ph.D., GEORGE W. GORMAN, B.S.ALBERT C. ENGLAND III, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROGER M. McKINNEY, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, PETER SKALIY, Ph.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEORGE W. GORMAN, B.S.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-1-58 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn September 1978, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) investigated an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease among persons who had attended the national Veterans of Foreign Wars convention held in Dallas, Texas, 17 to 25 August 1978 (1). Among 45 conventioneers who had radiographically diagnosed pneumonia, in seven there was seroconversion toLegionella pneumophilaserogroup 1, 11 had single indirect fluorescent (IF) antibody titers of 256 or greater, and one had lung tissue positive by direct fluorescent (DF) antibody to serogroup 1 but not to serogroups 2 to 4 (2); 26 others had pneumonia without apparent bacterial cause and did not...References1. . Convention-associated Legionnaires' disease. Morbid Mortal Weekly Rep. 1978;27:387-8. Google Scholar2. MCKINNEYTHACKERHARRIS RLP. Four serogroups of Legionnaires' disease bacteria defined by direct immunofluorescence. Ann Intern Med. 1979;90:621-4. LinkGoogle Scholar3. DONDERORENDTORFFMALLISON TRG. An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a contaminated air-conditioning cooling tower. N Engl J Med. 1980;302:365-70. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MORRISSKALIYPATTONFEELEY GPCJ. Method for isolating Legionnaires' disease bacterium from soil and water samples. 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MORRIS, Ph.D., M.H. MAGNUSSEN, M.P.H., D.W. FRASER, M.D. 1 July 1980Volume 93, Issue 1_Part_1Page: 58-59KeywordsBacterial pneumoniaDNA hybridizationEnvironmental healthLegionella pneumophilaLegionellosisLungsPneumoniaPrevention, policy, and public healthResearch laboratories ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1980 PDF downloadLoading ...