Isolation of Legionella anisa using an amoebic coculture procedure.

ABSTRACT: Conventional diagnostic tests for legionellosis were negative for a 61-year-old immunocompromised man with pneumonia. However, coculture of a sputum sample with Acanthamoeba polyphaga amoebae led to the recovery of Legionella anisa. This procedure may be a sensitive and convenient diagnostic method, especially for non-Legionella pneumophila species infections that can be diagnosed only by culture.

SUBMITTER: La Scola B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC87733 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature