Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 1990 Aug;105(1):169-74.
doi: 10.1017/s0950268800047750.

Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 population in Italy by monoclonal subtyping

M Castellani Pastoris  1 , M McIntyre, P Goldoni
Affiliations

Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 population in Italy by monoclonal subtyping

M Castellani Pastoris et al. Epidemiol Infect. 1990 Aug.

Abstract

The Oxford panel of monoclonal antibodies was used to subtype 83 strains of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 of human and environmental origin. The International panel was also used to subtype 50 of them. All the 18 patients' isolates were of the Pontiac subgroup, and 40/43 of the environmental strains of the Pontiac subgroup were associated with human infection. The remaining environmental strains were subgroups Olda (15 strains), Camperdown (5 strains), and Bellingham (2 strains). The Philadelphia subgroup was the commonest among the environmental strains tested with the international MABs panel. This study confirms previous findings that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates with the Pontiac (Oxford panel) or MAB-2 (international panel) reacting antigen marker seem to be more virulent than the other subgroups.

PubMed Disclaimer

References

    1. Infect Immun. 1982 Feb;35(2):721-9 - PubMed
    1. Epidemiol Infect. 1988 Dec;101(3):647-54 - PubMed
    1. Infect Immun. 1983 Mar;39(3):1428-40 - PubMed
    1. J Clin Microbiol. 1983 Jun;17(6):953-7 - PubMed
    1. Lancet. 1983 Sep 17;2(8351):649-50 - PubMed

Substances

LinkOut - more resources