Legionnaires S Disease
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1. Incidência de infecção por Legionella pneumophila em pacientes que internaram no HCPA com pneumonia adquirida na comunidade
Introdução: O diagnóstico microbiológico da infecção por Legionella é complexo, pois a bactéria não é visualizada à coloração de Gram no escarro, e sua cultura não é realizada na maioria dos laboratórios clínicos. A imunofluorescência direta nas secreções respiratórias tem baixa sensibilidade, em torno de 40% e a técnica da “PCR” n�
Publicado em: 2007
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2. Immunoglobulin M antibody titers in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether measurement of immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibodies against Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 can aid in the diagnosis of Legionnaires disease. On the basis of measurements of antibody levels in 1,942 control sera, we used an IgM titer of 1:256, observed in 2.3% of the controls, as presumptive evidence of Legi
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3. Detection of mip gene by PCR for diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease.
The mip gene of Legionella pneumophila was demonstrated by PCR and probing in paired acute-phase and convalescent-phase sera from five patients with Legionnaires' disease but not in the acute-phase sera of 100 patients with pneumonia that showed no serological evidence of Legionella infection. PCR may help in cases presenting diagnostic difficulty.
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4. Lack of airborne spread of infection by Legionella pneumophila among guinea pigs.
Many investigators find no spread of Legionnaires disease from person to person. The present study examined the question of airborne transmission of infection by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 from guinea pigs inoculated nasally with the agent to healthy guinea pigs. The nasal inoculation produced confluent peribronchiolar pneumonia similar to the pulmon
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5. Rapid presumptive bacteriological diagnosis of Legionnaires disease.
A simple, relatively rapid silver impregnation stain has been found to stain Legionella pneumophila effectively in paraffin-embedded tissue sections while permitting visualization of histological detail. It may also be used to stain the organism in body fluids. The stain is not specific and thus must be confirmed by direct fluorescent-antibody technique or c
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6. Efficacy of NY-198 against experimental Legionnaires disease.
The in vitro and in vivo effects of NY-198 against Legionella pneumophila were compared with those of ciprofloxacin. The MIC of NY-198 against 15 standard reference strains of Legionella of various species, between 0.03 and 0.125 micrograms/ml, was the same as that of ciprofloxacin. The peak concentration of NY-198 in the lungs and sera of guinea pigs with e
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7. Legionella and Legionnaires' Disease: 25 Years of Investigation
There is still a low level of clinical awareness regarding Legionnaires' disease 25 years after it was first detected. The causative agents, legionellae, are freshwater bacteria with a fascinating ecology. These bacteria are intracellular pathogens of freshwater protozoa and utilize a similar mechanism to infect human phagocytic cells. There have been major
American Society for Microbiology.
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8. Transposition of bacteriophage Mu in the Legionnaires disease bacterium.
Legionnaires disease is an acute respiratory disease that is often fatal for immunocompromised patients. The causative agent of this disease, Legionella pneumophila, is a Gram-negative bacterium that is present in a variety of aquatic environments. L. pneumophila is a facultative intracellular parasite; it grows within human phagocytic cells and eventually c
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9. Major cytoplasmic membrane protein of Legionella pneumophila, a genus common antigen and member of the hsp 60 family of heat shock proteins, induces protective immunity in a guinea pig model of Legionnaires' disease.
We have examined the capacity of the major cytoplasmic membrane protein (MCMP) of Legionella pneumophila, a genus common antigen and member of the hsp 60 family of heat shock proteins, to induce protective immunity in a guinea pig model of Legionnaires' disease. We purified MCMP to homogeneity from L. pneumophila by buffer extraction, ion-exchange chromatogr
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10. Identification of the Aspartate-β-Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Gene of Legionella pneumophila and Characterization of a Null Mutant
The ability of Legionella pneumophila to cause Legionnaires’ disease is dependent on its capacity to survive in the intracellular environment of its host cells. Furthermore, outbreaks of this disease have been associated with contaminated water sources where L. pneumophila survives as a parasite of protozoa. In this study, we determined the effect of nutri
American Society for Microbiology.
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11. Vaccination with Legionella pneumophila membranes induces cell-mediated and protective immunity in a guinea pig model of Legionnaires' disease. Protective immunity independent of the major secretory protein of Legionella pneumophila.
We have examined the capacity of Legionella pneumophila membranes to induce cell-mediated immune responses and protective immunity in a guinea pig model of Legionnaires' disease. Guinea pigs immunized by aerosol with L. pneumophila membranes developed strong cell-mediated immune responses to L. pneumophila membranes as demonstrated by cutaneous delayed-type
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12. Outbreak of legionnaires' disease from a cooling water system in a power station.
In September and October 1981 six cases of pneumonia occurred among men working in a power station under construction. Three were identified as cases of legionella pneumonia and two others had serology suggestive of legionella infection. In a sample of 92 men from the site 10 had low levels of antibodies to legionella; a similar sample of men working on an a