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Case Reports
. 1980 Sep;12(3):395-401.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.3.395-401.1980.

Legionella pneumophila serogroup six: isolation from cases of legionellosis, identification by immunofluorescence staining, and immunological response to infection

R M McKinney, H W Wilkinson, H M Sommers, B J Fikes, K R Sasseville, M M Yungbluth, J S Wolf
Case Reports

Legionella pneumophila serogroup six: isolation from cases of legionellosis, identification by immunofluorescence staining, and immunological response to infection

R M McKinney et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Sep.

Abstract

Isolates of Legionella pneumophila that are serologically different from strains of serogroups 1 through 5 were obtained from lung biopsy tissue or pleural fluid from three renal transplant recipients in Chicago, Ill. These strains were placed in a newly designated L. pneumophila serogroup, serogroup 6, on the basis of fluorescent-antibody staining characteristics. An L. pneumophila strain obtained from Bethesda, Md., one from Houston, Tex., and one from Oxford, England, also belong to this new serogroup. L. pneumophila serogroup 6 appears to be widely distributed geographically.

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