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Legionnaire Disease
Research from National Cheng-Kung University, Medical Department in the area of legionnaire disease published
June 16th, 2009
"The genus Legionella contains a diverse group of motile, asaccharolytic, nutritionally fastidious gram-negative rods. Legionella pneumophila is the most important human pathogen, followed by L. micdadei, L. longbeachae, L. dumoffii, and other rare species," scientists writing in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology report. "Accurate identification of Legionella spp. other than L. pneumophila is difficult because of biochemical inertness and phenotypic identity of different species. The feasibility of using an oligonucleotide array for identification of 18 species of Legionella was evaluated in this study. The method consisted of PCR amplification of the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-16)
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