Literature DB >> 2430995

Acid-fast bacilli in sputum: a case of Legionella micdadei pneumonia.

E Hilton, R A Freedman, F Cintron, H D Isenberg, C Singer.   

Abstract

Legionella micdadei has been implicated as a cause of nosocomial pneumonia. There are no reports of L. micdadei pneumonia diagnosed by acid-fast stain of expectorated sputum. We report a case of L. micdadei pneumonia in which expectorated sputum harbored acid-fast bacteria that reacted specifically with fluorescent antiserum to L. micdadei, confirmed by culture. In a patient at risk for nosocomial infection, the differential diagnosis of a positive sputum stain for acid-fast bacilli should include L. micdadei in addition to mycobacteria. Therapy for L. micdadei infection should be considered pending confirmation of the diagnosis.

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Year:  1986        PMID： 2430995      PMCID： PMC269108          DOI： 10.1128/jcm.24.6.1102-1103.1986

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Clin Microbiol        ISSN： 0095-1137            Impact factor:   5.948


  6 in total

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Authors:  B H Rogers; G R Donowitz; G K Walker; S A Harding; M A Sande
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2.  "Pittsburgh pneumonia agent": a bacterium phenotypically similar to Legionella pneumophila and identical to the TATLOCK bacterium.

Authors:  G A Hébert; B M Thomason; P P Harris; M D Hicklin; R M McKinney
Journal:  Ann Intern Med       Date:  1980-01       Impact factor: 25.391

3.  Opportunistic pneumonia caused by a new acid-fast bacterium.

Authors:  T S Talamo; A M Norbut; G F Kessler
Journal:  Am J Clin Pathol       Date:  1980-12       Impact factor: 2.493

4.  New bacterial agent of pneumonia isolated from renal-transplant recipients.

Authors:  A W Pasculle; R L Myerowitz; C R Rinaldo
Journal:  Lancet       Date:  1979-07-14       Impact factor: 79.321

Review 5.  Pneumonia due to the Pittsburgh pneumonia agent: new clinical perspective with a review of the literature.

Authors:  R R Muder; V L Yu; J J Zuravleff
Journal:  Medicine (Baltimore)       Date:  1983-03       Impact factor: 1.889

6.  Pittsburgh pneumonia agent: direct isolation from human lung tissue.

Authors:  A W Pasculle; J C Feeley; R J Gibson; L G Cordes; R L Myerowitz; C M Patton; G W Gorman; C L Carmack; J W Ezzell; J N Dowling
Journal:  J Infect Dis       Date:  1980-06       Impact factor: 5.226
  6 in total
  5 in total

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Journal:  Clin Microbiol Rev       Date:  1996-07       Impact factor: 26.132

2.  Intracellular growth of Legionella pneumophila gives rise to a differentiated form dissimilar to stationary-phase forms.

Authors:  Rafael A Garduño; Elizabeth Garduño; Margot Hiltz; Paul S Hoffman
Journal:  Infect Immun       Date:  2002-11       Impact factor: 3.441

3.  Mistaken identity: Legionella micdadei appearing as acid-fast bacilli on lung biopsy of a hematopoietic stem cell transplant patient.

Authors:  P R Waldron; B A Martin; D Y Ho
Journal:  Transpl Infect Dis       Date:  2015-01-09       Impact factor: 2.228

4.  Legionella micdadei lung abscess in a patient with HIV-associated nephropathy.

Authors:  C Nzerue; A Gowda
Journal:  J Natl Med Assoc       Date:  2001-06       Impact factor: 1.798

5.  The incidence and clinical implication of sputum with positive acid-fast bacilli smear but negative in mycobacterial culture in a tertiary referral hospital in South Korea.

Authors:  Jae Seok Lee; Eui-Chong Kim; Sei Ick Joo; Sang-Min Lee; Chul-Gyu Yoo; Young Whan Kim; Sung Koo Han; Young-Soo Shim; Jae-Joon Yim
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  5 in total

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