Legionella tucsonensis sp. nov. isolated from a renal transplant recipient. |
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| Authors: | W L Thacker R F Benson R B Schifman E Pugh A G Steigerwalt W R Mayberry D J Brenner H W Wilkinson |
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| Affiliation: | Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333. |
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| Abstract: | A Legionella-like organism (strain 1087-AZ-H) was isolated from a pleural-fluid specimen from a renal transplant patient undergoing immunosuppressive therapy. Growth characteristics and gas-liquid chromatography profiles of the isolate were consistent with those for Legionella spp. The isolate fluoresced blue-white under long-wave UV light. Strain 1087-AZ-H was serologically distinct in the slide agglutination test with absorbed antisera. DNA hybridization studies placed it in a new Legionella species, Legionella tucsonensis (ATCC 49180). |
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