| prevalence of antibody to legionella pneumophila in middle-aged and elderly americans. | an indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) test was used to establish the background prevalence of antibody to legionella pneumophila in single serum specimens from 1,143 persons. the serum specimens had been obtained from volunteers 46 years of age and older who were not acutely ill and who resided in the areas of atlanta, georgia; washington, d.c.; houston, texas; and rochester, new york. the overall prevalence of seropositivity (reciprocal titer, greater than or equal to 64) was 1.7%. the prevale ... | 1979 | 393779 |
| legionnaires' disease in transplant recipients: a 15-year retrospective study in a tertiary referral center. | legionnaires' disease (ld) can be fatal among high-risk transplant recipients. to understand the epidemiology of ld, we reviewed 15-year, longitudinal data from a center in seattle, washington that cares for both solid organ transplant (sot) and hematopoietic cell transplant (hct) recipients. we identified all laboratory-confirmed ld and extracted data on species, diagnostic modalities, clinical presentation, management, and outcomes from medical records. among 32 patients with ld, transplant re ... | 2017 | 28696077 |