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 p. JJID.2023.302
• Main Authors: Seto, Junji, Takahashi, Jun, Sampei, Mika, Ikeda, Tatsuya, Mizuta, Katsumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Infectious Diseases 29.03.2024
• Subjects: Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease; lower respiratory tract specimen; multiplex PCR; serogroup 13

Legionella pneumophila serogroup (SG) 1, the main cause of Legionnaires' disease, can be diagnosed with urinary antigen testing kits; however, lower respiratory tract specimen culture is necessary to identify L. pneumophila SG 2–15. We attempted to detect L. pneumophila SG-specific genes in a c...