A Newly Identified Bacterium Phenotypically Resembling, but Genetically Distinct from, Legionella pneumophila: An Isolate in a Case of Pneumonia.

Autor: Lewallen, Karen R., McKinney, Roger M., Brenner, Don J., Moss, C. Wayne, Dail, David H., Thomason, Berenice M., Bright, Robert A.
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Zdroj: Annals of Internal Medicine; Dec79, Vol. 91 Issue 6, p831-834, 4p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 2 Charts, 2 Graphs
Abstrakt: Focuses on a study concerning the phenotypic resemblance of a bacterium with either Legionella pneumophila or WIGA, a rickettsia-like agent, in the postmortem lung specimen of a patient who died of pneumonia. Assessment of the cellular fatty acid composition; Case of an adult patient with rickettsia-like agent; Evaluation of the bacteriologic media.
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