Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent May Be a Common Cause of Nosocomial Pneumonia: Seroepidemiologic Evidence
Authors: VICTOR L. YU
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1982)

Brief Reports1 November 1982Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent May Be a Common Cause of Nosocomial Pneumonia: Seroepidemiologic EvidenceVICTOR L. YU, M.D., JEFFREY J. ZURAVLEFF, M.S., ELAINE M. ELDER, SC.D., ARNOLD BROWN, M.D.VICTOR L. YU, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JEFFREY J. ZURAVLEFF, M.S.Search for more papers by this author, ELAINE M. ELDER, SC.D.Search for more papers by this author, ARNOLD BROWN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-97-5-724 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe pittsburgh pneumonia agent is a newly recognized cause of pneumonia (1, 2). Although most patients have been renal transplant recipients (1-4), others have had malignant disease or received corticosteroid treatment (2, 3, 5). A common feature in all these patients was the development of pneumonia during or shortly after immunosuppressive therapy, although recently two cases were reported in non-immunosuppressed patients (6). Almost 50% of these reported patients died of the pneumonia.As part of a serologic survey for Legionnaires' disease, we did a simultaneous survey for Pittsburgh pneumonia agent using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (7) from the TATLOCK strain...References1. PASCULLEMYEROWITZRINALDO ARC. New bacterial agent of pneumonia isolated from renal-transplant recipients. Lancet. 1979;2:58-61. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. MYEROWITZPASCULLEDOWLING RAJ. Opportunistic lung infection due to "Pittsburgh pneumonia agent." N Engl J Med. 1979;301:953-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ROGERSDONOWITZWALKERHARDINGSANDE BGGSM. Opportunistic pneumonia: a clinicopathological study of five cases caused by an unidentified acid-fast bacterium. N Engl J Med. 1979;301:959-61. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ELLISMAYERSMARTONEMITCHELLATUKGUERRANT ADWBNR. Rapidly expanding pulmonary nodule caused by Pittsburgh pneumonia agent. JAMA. 1981;245:1558-9. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. TALAMONORBUTKESSLER TAG. Opportunistic pneumonia caused by a new acid-fast bacterium. Am J Clin Pathol. 1980;74:842-5. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. ARONSONKOMAROFFPASCULLEMYEROWITZ MAAR. Legionella micdadei (Pittsburgh pneumonia agent) infection in non-immunosuppressed patients with pneumonia. Ann Intern Med. 1981;94:485-6. LinkGoogle Scholar7. FARSHYKLEINFEELEY CGJ. Detection of antibodies to the Legionnaires disease organism by microagglutination and macro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay tests. J Clin Microbiol. 1978;7:327-31. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. GARRITYBROWNVICKERS GAR. Tatlockia and Fluoribacter: two new genera of organisms resembling Legionella pneumophila. Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1980;30:609-14. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. HÉBERTSTEIGERWALTBRENNER GAD. Legionella micdadei species nova: classification of a third species of Legionella associated with human pneumonia. Curr Microbiol. 1980;3:255-8. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. HÉBERTMOSSMCDOUGALBOZEMANMCKINNEYBRENNER GCLFRD. The rickettsia-like organisms TATLOCK (1943) and HEBA (1959): bacteria phenotypically similar to but genetically distinct from Legionella pneumophila and the WIGA bacterium. Ann Intern Med. 1980;92:45-52. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Veterans Administration Medical Center University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByBiohazards and Occupational DiseaseAcid-fast-positiveLegionella pneumophila: A possible pitfall in the cytologic diagnosis of mycobacterial infection in pulmonary specimensNOSOCOMIAL LEGIONELLOSIS IN SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER: IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESERVOIR AND MODE OF TRANSMISSIONSelected Aspects of Nosocomial Infections in the 1980sNosocomial InfectionsNosocomial Legionnaires' Disease and Other Nosocomial Legionella PneumoniasREMOVAL OF COBALAMIN ANALOGUE IN BILE BY ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION OF VITAMIN B12LEGIONELLA MICDADEI (PITTSBURGH PNEUMONIA AGENT) MAY CAUSE NON-PNEUMONIC LEGIONELLOSIS 1 November 1982Volume 97, Issue 5Page: 724-726KeywordsEnzyme linked immunosorbent assayImmunosuppressivesInfectious diseasesLegionellosisPneumoniaRenal diseasesRenal transplantation Issue Published: 1 November 1982 PDF DownloadLoading ...