Open AccessIsolation of Pittsburgh pneumonia agent from a hospital shower
Author(s) -
A Brown,
Victor L. Yu,
Margaret H. Magnussen,
Richard M. Vickers,
George M Garrity,
Elaine M. Elder
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.43.3.725-726.1982
Subject(s) - pneumonia , isolation (microbiology) , epidemiology , shower , medicine , organism , legionnaires' disease , intensive care medicine , legionella , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , biology , bacteria , pathology , genetics , thermodynamics , nozzle , paleontology , physics , legionella pneumophila
Tatlockia (Legionella) micdadei, the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent, was isolated from a hospital shower. Although it was not possible, at the current time, to establish an epidemiological link to disease acquisition, this information may be significant because it provides further evidence that a water-associated reservoir of this organism exists within the hospital.
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