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1 June 1981

Legionella longbeachae Species Nova, Another Etiologic Agent of Human Pneumonia

Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 94, Number 6

Abstract

A new species of bacteria that is an etiologic agent of human pneumonia has been isolated and characterized. Clinical symptoms of infection with this organism are not readily distinguishable from those caused by Legionella pneumophila infection. The organism was isolated from respiratory tract specimens from four patients. Two cases of infection apparently originated in California and one in Georgia, and a fourth was of unknown geographic origin. The name Legionella longbeachae species nova is proposed for this organism. The type strain of L. longbeachae is Long Beach 4 (= American Type Culture Collection 33462).

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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 94Number 61 June 1981
Pages: 739 - 743

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Published in issue: 1 June 1981
Published online: 1 December 2008

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ROGER M. McKINNEY, Ph.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
RICHARD K. PORSCHEN, Ph.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
PAUL H. EDELSTEIN, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
MARJORIE L. BISSETT, Ph.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
PATRICIA P. HARRIS, M.S.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
STEVEN P. BONDELL, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
ARNOLD G. STEIGERWALT, B.S.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
ROBERT E. WEAVER, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
MICHAEL E. EIN, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
DAVID S. LINDQUIST, M.P.H.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
RICHARD S. KOPS, M.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
DON J. BRENNER, Ph.D.
Atlanta, Georgia; and Long Beach, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Davis, and Concord California
▸From the Bacteriology Division, Bureau of Laboratories, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia; Microbiology Section, Laboratory Services, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Long Beach, California; Division of Infectious Disease and Research Service, Veterans Administration, Wadsworth Medical Center and the Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Camornia; Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California State Department of Health Sciences, Berkeley, California; Department of Pathology, Georgia Baptist Medical Center, Atlanta Georgia; Department of Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, California; and Mt. Diablo Medical Center, Concord, California.

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ROGER M. McKINNEY, RICHARD K. PORSCHEN, PAUL H. EDELSTEIN, et al. Legionella longbeachae Species Nova, Another Etiologic Agent of Human Pneumonia. Ann Intern Med.1981;94:739-743. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-94-6-739

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