EPIDEMIOLOGIC TYPING OF LEGIONELLA-PNEUMOPHILA WITH RIBOTYPING - REPORT OF 2 CLINICAL CASES

被引：5

作者：

GAIA, V ^{[1
]}

POLONI, C ^{[1
]}

PEDUZZI, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] UNIV GENEVA,IST CANTONALE BATTERIOSIEROL,ECOL MICROBIENNE LAB,CH-6904 LUGANO,SWITZERLAND

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1994年 / 10卷 / 03期

关键词：

EPIDEMIOLOGIC TYPING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; RIBOTYPING;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01719354

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The ribotyping method, adapted to the strains of Legionella pneumophila in our possession, was tested in two seperate cases of legionellosis and in the associated finding of Legionella pneumophila in the water, from different sources, with which these patients had come into contact. Determination of the serogroup enabled us to carry out a preliminary analysis of the strains, which was then confirmed by application of the ribotyping procedure: the ribosomal profile of the strains found in the two patients correspond to that of the strains isolated from the water with which they had come into contact. These results provide important information concerning the probable sources of infection involved in these two cases of Legionnaires' disease. We consider ribotyping to be a very useful tool, which is easy and simple to perform and is applicable to the Legionella genus as the method of choice for epidemiological studies.

引用

页码：303 / 306

页数：4

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