Open AccessFluorescent-antibody detection of Legionella dumoffii in a fatal case of pneumonia
Author(s) -
P P Harris,
Thomas B. Aufdemorte,
Edwin P. Ewing,
James E. Johnson,
Fermin O. Tio
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.13.4.778-780.1981
Subject(s) - legionella , pneumonia , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , legionnaires' disease , biology , lung , organism , conjugate , virology , medicine , pathology , bacteria , immunology , legionella pneumophila , mathematics , paleontology , mathematical analysis , genetics
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.
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