Intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila in cultured human embryonic lung fibroblasts.
AUTOR(ES)
Wong, M C
RESUMO
Cell cultures of normal human embryonic lung fibroblasts were inoculated with two strains of Legionella pneumophila, the etiological agent of Legionnaires disease. Large numbers of intact organisms, including many dividing forms, were seen within fibroblasts by light and electron microscopy. Intracellular multiplication of organisms was demonstrated by the progressive increase in bacterial colony counts from plated extracts of infected fibroblast cultures in which extracellular multiplication had been eliminated by bactericidal concentrations of antibiotics. It is evident that L. pneumophila can thrive in an intracellular environment, and this property may be significant in the pathogenesis of Legionnaires disease.
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