| [culture-positive legionella pneumonia in japan, 1980-1990. working party for legionellosis, japanese ministry of health and welfare]. | the working party for legionellosis headed by the japanese ministry of health and welfare processed to standardize the diagnostic procedures for legionella pneumonia, as the first step to clarify the actual occurrence of patients with this respiratory disease. all the clinical data were collected and analysed on the 28 culture-confirmed patients in japan during the past 11 years, from 1980 through 1990. the 28 patients were distributed throughout japan, from hokkaido to kyushu. out of 28 patient ... | 1992 | 1294651 |
| [a case of legionnaires' disease, the first case in hokkaido prefecture--an experience of isolation of legionella pneumophila and identification by indirect immunofluorescence antibody method]. | although 18 cases of legionnaires' disease have been reported in japan, these have included none from the northern areas of japan. the first confirmed case of legionnaires' disease in hokkaido district, a northern island of japan, is reported. a 48 year-old male was admitted for fulminant pneumonia, and died the next day. legionella pneumophila, serogroup 1, was cultured and determined from the sputum and lung tissue obtained at autopsy. postmortem examination by means of the indirect immunofluo ... | 1990 | 2243186 |
| [distribution of legionella spp. in hot spring baths in japan]. | we investigated the inhabitation of legionella spp. in hot spring water in various regions in japan. the following results were obtained. 1) of 710 hot spring water samples nationwide, legionella spp. was isolated from 204 samples (28.7%), covering all 47 prefectures. by region, the isolation rate was the highest at 31.0% in the chugoku district, while the isolation rates in hokkaido, kinki, and kyushu were low, ranging from 25.0 to 26.2%. the rate in tohoku, kanto, chubu, and shikoku districts ... | 2004 | 15478646 |