A Case of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 13 Pneumonia Based on the Detection of Serogroup-Specific Genes in Culture-Negative Sputum

• Published in: Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases Vol. 77; no. 2; pp. 118 - 120
• Main Authors: Seto, Junji, Sampei, Mika, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Takahashi, Jun, Mizuta, Katsumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases 29.03.2024; Japan Science and Technology Agency
• Subjects: Bacterial diseases; C-reactive protein; Diagnosis; Genes; Hypophosphatemia; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaire's disease; legionnaires' disease; Legionnaires' disease bacterium; Levofloxacin; lower respiratory tract specimen; multiplex PCR; Multiplexing; Nucleotide sequence; Nucleotides; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract; Rhabdomyolysis; serogroup 13; Sputum; multiplex PCR; Legionella pneumophila; legionnaires' disease; lower respiratory tract specimen; serogroup 13

Legionella pneumophila serogroup (SG) 1, the main cause of Legionnaires’ disease, can be diagnosed using urinary antigen testing kits. However, lower respiratory tract specimen cultures are required to identify L. pneumophila SG 2–15. We attempted to detect L. pneumophila SG-specific genes in a cult...