| outbreak of legionnaires' disease among automotive plant workers--ohio, 2001. | during march 12-15, 2001, four cases of legionnaires' disease (ld) among workers at an automotive engine manufacturing plant (plant x) were reported to the cuyahoga county board of health, cleveland, ohio; all four diagnoses were confirmed by legionella urine antigen. illness onset among the four workers occurred during march 2-4; two workers died. beginning march 14, cdc assisted state and local health departments with an investigation to identify new cases and potential sources of legionella t ... | 2001 | 11465909 |
| susceptibility of ninety-eight clinical isolates of legionella to macrolides and quinolones using the etest. | isolates of legionella from 98 patients with legionnaires' disease hospitalized in columbus, ohio, usa between 1991 through 1995 were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility to macrolides and quinolones using the etest. most (87%) isolates were legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. all isolates tested remain susceptible to erythromycin, azithromycin, clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, and levofloxacin. in vitro susceptibility testing of legionella to representative macrolides and quinolones ... | 1997 | 9327252 |
| legionella pneumonia: experience in a community teaching hospital. | | 2004 | 15636284 |
| danger of sputum purulence screens in culture of legionella species. | previous studies have shown the benefit of sputum purulence screens in routine bacterial culture. we have correlated 944 sputum smear and legionella pneumophila culture results and demonstrated that 47 to 84% of l. pneumophila-positive samples would have been discarded by using established sputum purulence screens. we recommend acceptance of all specimens submitted for legionella culture. | 1994 | 8126182 |
| the radiologic manifestations of legionnaire's disease. the ohio community-based pneumonia incidence study group. | to study the serial radiographic manifestations of legionnaire's disease from the initial presentation on admission to recovery using strict criteria for the diagnosis of infection. | 2000 | 10669681 |
| incidence of community-acquired pneumonia requiring hospitalization. results of a population-based active surveillance study in ohio. the community-based pneumonia incidence study group. | pneumonia is the leading cause of death due to infectious diseases in the united states; however, the incidence of most infections causing community-acquired pneumonia in adults is not well defined. | 1997 | 9250232 |
| legionnaires' disease outbreak in an automobile engine manufacturing plant. | we investigated 4 cases of legionnaires' disease (ld) reported among workers at an ohio automotive plant in march 2001. a "confirmed" case of ld was defined as x-ray-confirmed pneumonia and a confirmatory laboratory test. a "possible" case of ld was defined as elevated titers of antibody and respiratory symptoms. legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (lp1) was isolated from 1 case patient. legionella was isolated from 18 (9%) of 197 environmental samples; 3 isolates were lp1 but did not match the c ... | 2003 | 12660949 |
| the role of indoor and outdoor occupations in the seroepidemiology of legionella pneumophila. | exposure to disturbed soil has been postulated as a source of l. pneumophila in relation to outbreaks of legionnaires' disease [1]. using serum samples from 588 healthy individuals engaged in indoor and outdoor occupations in ohio, we performed indirect fluorescent antibody tests for l. pneumophila serogroups 1 and 2. reciprocal and geometric mean titers were compared between indoor and outdoor occupational groups. we found 19.2 of the outdoor workers to be positive (titer, greater than or equal ... | 1982 | 7054331 |
| unrecognized legionnaires' disease as a cause of fatal illness. | lungs from 224 patients, obtained at autopsy, were examined for legionella pneumophila by fluorescent antibody (fa) staining. of 121 patients who died with pneumonia, l pneumophila was present in eight cases (6.6%). (two of the eight patients exhibited no important respiratory symptoms or fever, although pneumonia contributed considerably to their deaths. preexisting underlying disease was present in all cases. legionnaires' disease (ld), endemic in the central ohio area, may cause up to 3.6% of ... | 1980 | 6990037 |