Characterization of a Legionella anisa strain isolated from a patient with pneumonia

W L Thacker; R F Benson; L Hawes; W R Mayberry; D J Brenner

doi:10.1128/jcm.28.1.122-123.1990

Characterization of a Legionella anisa strain isolated from a patient with pneumonia

J Clin Microbiol. 1990 Jan;28(1):122-3. doi: 10.1128/jcm.28.1.122-123.1990.

Authors

W L Thacker¹, R F Benson, L Hawes, W R Mayberry, D J Brenner

Affiliation

¹ Division of Bacterial Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Abstract

Legionella anisa, previously found only in environmental specimens, was isolated from a bronchial lavage specimen of an immunocompromised patient with pneumonia. Growth, physiologic, gas-liquid chromatographic, serologic, and DNA characteristics were consistent with those of the type strain of L. anisa, WA-316-C3 (ATCC 35292).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteriological Techniques
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
Fatty Acids / analysis
Female
Humans
Legionella / analysis
Legionella / classification
Legionella / isolation & purification*
Legionellosis / microbiology*
Pneumonia / microbiology*

Substances

Fatty Acids