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legionella culture
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what is 'legionella culture'?
Definition for Legionella Culture
Legionella Culture is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: Legionellosis.
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Legionellosis
type of bacterial lung infection
Legionella Culture and Legionellosis
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procedures
Blood culture
Legionella Culture and Blood culture
Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy
Legionella Culture and Bronchoscopy
C Reactive Protein (CRP)
Legionella Culture and C Reactive Protein (CRP)
Chest X-ray
Radiological technique to image the chest
Legionella Culture and Chest X-ray
Complete Blood Count
Legionella Culture and Complete Blood Count
Complete metabolic panel
Legionella Culture and Complete metabolic panel
Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA)
Legionella Culture and Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA)
ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
Legionella Culture and ELISA (Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay)
Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Legionella Culture and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)
Indirect fluorescent antibody
Legionella Culture and Indirect fluorescent antibody
Intravenous (IV) fluids
Legionella Culture and Intravenous (IV) fluids
Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
Legionella Culture and Intravenous (IV) lactated Ringer (LR) solution
Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
Legionella Culture and Intravenous (IV) normal saline (NS)
Latex agglutination test
Legionella Culture and Latex agglutination test
Legionella DFA
Legionella Culture and Legionella DFA
Legionella Pneumophila DNA Assay Test
Legionella Culture and Legionella Pneumophila DNA Assay Test
Liver Function Tests
elevated liver enzymes
Legionella Culture and Liver Function Tests
Oxygen
Legionella Culture and Oxygen
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Legionella Culture and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Pulse oximetry
Oximetry
Legionella Culture and Pulse oximetry
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azithromycin(zithromax)
Legionella Culture and azithromycin(zithromax)
ciprofloxacin(cipro)
Legionella Culture and ciprofloxacin(cipro)
clarithromycin(biaxin)
Legionella Culture and clarithromycin(biaxin)
doxycycline(vibramycin)
Legionella Culture and doxycycline(vibramycin)
erythromycin(e-mycin)
Legionella Culture and erythromycin(e-mycin)
gatifloxacin(tequin , tequin teqpaq)
Legionella Culture and gatifloxacin(tequin , tequin teqpaq)
levofloxacin(levaquin , levaquin leva-pak)
Legionella Culture and levofloxacin(levaquin , levaquin leva-pak)
moxifloxacin(avelox , avelox i v)
Legionella Culture and moxifloxacin(avelox , avelox i v)
rifampin(rifadin)
Legionella Culture and rifampin(rifadin)
sparfloxacin
Legionella Culture and sparfloxacin
sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim(bactrim)
Legionella Culture and sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim(bactrim)
telithromycin
Legionella Culture and telithromycin
tetracycline(sumycin)
Legionella Culture and tetracycline(sumycin)
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Danger of sputum purulence screens in culture of Legionella species.
... sputum purulence screens in culture of Legionella species. J G Ingram ... We recommend acceptance of all specimens submitted for Legionella culture. Full text ...
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Growth of 28 Legionella species on selective culture media: a ...
... of 28 Legionella species on selective culture media: a ... Manual of culture methodology for Legionella. Semin Respir Infect. 1987 Dec;2(4):274?279. ...
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Occurrence and Genetic Diversity of Uncultured Legionella spp. in ...
The culture method with BCYE medium was also used to detect Legionella bacteria ... Growth of 28 Legionella species on selective culture media: a comparative ...
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Legionella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Information from Wikipedia on these gram-negative bacteria, their pathogenesis and the control ... Legionella is traditionally detected by culture on buffered ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella
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Top 10 things every clinician needs to know about Legionellosis | CDC ...
... to obtain a respiratory specimen for culture of possible Legionella infection? Isolation of Legionella from respiratory secretions, lung tissue, pleural fluid, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/top10.htm
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Growth of Legionella pneumophila in continuous culture.
A method was developed to grow Legionella pneumophila in continuous culture. ... ozone in eradication of Legionella pneumophila from hospital plumbing fixtures. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=241762
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Lab Test
08/16/2004 01:04:05 AM. Synonyms: Reference Ranges: Legionella Culture, Blood. Performed at National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD ...
http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/Index/6F8FA6196...
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Reducing Legionella Colonization with Monochloramine | CDC EID
Results of Legionella cultures were provided only at the ... Combining culture results from the water samples and biofilm swabs from each site, Legionella spp. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no04/05-1101.htm
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Confirmation of Legionella pneumophila cultures with a fluorescein ...
Confirmation of Legionella pneumophila cultures with a fluorescein-labeled monoclonal antibody. ... agar: primary isolation medium for Legionella pneumophila. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=271831
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Distribution of Legionella Species and Serogroups Isolated by Culture ...
... of Legionella Species and Serogroups Isolated by Culture in Consecutive ... of cases of culture-confirmed Legionella infection in patients with CAP in an ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102248852.html
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Nosocomial legionnaires' disease discovered in community hospitals ...
... showerheads yielded Legionella, monitoring with Legionella culture and urinary ... CONCLUSION: Routine environmental cultures for Legionella in the water ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9503106
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Comparison of blood culture methods for recovery of Legionella ...
... the need for caution in choosing blood culture methods for Legionella isolation. ... PW, Platts P. Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from blood culture. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=266066
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ELITE Program | CDC Legionella
Culture and enumeration of Legionella from environmental sources involve several ... processes environmental samples for culture of Legionella is invited to join. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/elite-intro.htm
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Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Whirlpool Spa Display -- ...
Legionnaires Disease Associated with a Whirlpool Spa Display ... titers); sputum, when possible, for Legionella culture; and urine to detect Lp1 antigens. ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0047291/m0047291.asp
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Lab Test
Culture: Potential pathogens,Legionella included;susceptibility testing performed. ... Legionella culture included. Methodology: Gram Stain: Conventional Gram stain ...
http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/Index/0AD9BEDD1...
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Inappropriate Use of the Legionella Urinary Antigen Test as Sole ...
Here, we studied how often culture of Legionella species (sp) or serology for L. ... Culture of Legionella sp from sputum, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid or lung ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102269763.html
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Note: Isolation of Legionella anisa Using an Amoebic Coculture Procedure
... after inoculation, BCYE agar and BMPA cultures did not yield Legionella. ... For rarely encountered Legionella species, the sole available procedure is culture. ...
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Legionellosis from Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 13 | CDC EID
After 6 days of culture on BCYE agar (Oxoid Ltd.), Legionella spp. ... this report emphasizes that culture for Legionella species remains important if ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no09/05-0345.htm
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The high prevalence of Legionella pneumophila contamination in hospital ...
... systems of 16 hospitals throughout Taiwan were tested for Legionella by culture. Standardized culture procedures were followed. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18243750
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Note: Comparison of Sample Preparation Methods for Detection of ...
... Detection of Legionella pneumophila in Culture-Positive Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids by PCR ... a 3-day culture of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 on ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=104998
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Lab Test
Culture: Potential pathogens; susceptibility testing performed. Legionella included. ... Legionella culture included. Methodology: Cautions: Archived Ranges: ...
http://cclnprod.cc.nih.gov/dlm/testguide.nsf/Index/DD7120180...
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Effect of temperature, pH, and oxygen level on the multiplication of ...
A water culture containing naturally occurring Legionella pneumophila and ... The water culture was used as a source of naturally occurring bacteria to ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4004233
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Legionella pneumophila - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legionella pneumophila is a thin, pleomorphic, flagellated Gram-negative ... into culture fluids, which is cytotoxic for some cultured tissue culture cells. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legionella_pneumophila
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Limited Applicability of Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Testing for ...
Prompt recognition of Bordetella pertussis and Legionella sp. ... The results of DFA and culture methods were positive for Legionella sp. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1932982
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Position Statement | CDC Legionella
By culture: isolation of any Legionella organism from respiratory secretions, ... By the detection of specific Legionella antigen or staining of the organism in ...
http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/legionella_CSTE_statement.htm
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Laboratory and clinical evaluation of a commercial DNA probe for the ...
... commercially available Legionella DNA probe with culture and direct immunofluorescence. ... commercial gene probe for identification of Legionella cultures. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=267022
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Evaluation of a commercial gene probe for identification of Legionella ...
Confirmation of a culture as Legionella when it is unreactive with available ... Edelstein PH. Culture diagnosis of Legionella infections. Zentralbl Bakteriol ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=268615
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Reducing Legionella Colonization with Monochloramine, Figure | CDC EID
Legionella colonization of water heaters and point-of-use outlets sampled during ... cell represents the results of Legionella culture for a site within the building. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol12no04/05-1101-G.htm
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Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen Can Be Detected in Sputum ...
Legionella culture of the sputum sample from day 8 and of both endotracheal ... potential for clinical use, as Legionella culture is limited by a low ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=446270
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Detection of Legionella Species in Respiratory Specimens Using PCR with ...
... 12 of 181 culture-negative samples were positive for Legionella species by PCR, ... culture with respiratory samples from patients suspected of having ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=86568
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Direct Detection of Legionella Species from Bronchoalveolar Lavage and ...
... the specimens were culture-positive for Legionella (9 BAL specimens ... A retrospective review of positive Legionella culture results at the Mayo Clinic, ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=88195
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Evaluation of Legionella Diagnostics.
Legionnaires'disease (LD) is an acute pneumonia caused by Legionella spp. ... Complementary to culture molecular techniques have been introduced in many laboratories. ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102266405.html
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Isolation of Elemental Sulfur as a Self-Growth-Inhibiting Substance ...
... Legionella pneumophila from methanol extracts of the resins used to ... Legionella bozemanii serogroup 1 GIFU9140, obtained from the stock culture of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=126407
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Direct Detection and Differentiation of Legionella spp. and Legionella ...
... (American Type Culture Collection, Manassas, Va.), Legionella micdadei (ATCC ... All 29 Legionella-positive samples (26 L. pneumophila culture-positive samples ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=130908
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Purification and Characterization of a UDP-Glucosyltransferase Produced ...
... have been identified in Legionella cultures, including a low-molecular-mass ... been aimed at identification of similar types of enzymes in Legionella cultures. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=143419
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Integrated Real-Time PCR for Detection and Monitoring of Legionella ...
In France, conventional culture is the only approved technique for the detection ... However, definitive culture results take 10 days to obtain and may have ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1828761
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Procedures for collecting and processing | CDC Legionella
Collect culture swabs of internal surfaces of faucets, aerators, and shower ... culture methods and an immunofluorescence assay for the detection of Legionella ...
http://www.cdc.gov/legionella/procedures.htm
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Legionella Species Diversity in an Acidic Biofilm Community in ...
DNA extracted from Legionella pure culture isolates was PCR amplified as described above. ... Legionella cherrii, as was a sequence we amplified from the pure ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=544253
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Note: Evaluation of the Binax and Biotest Urinary Antigen Kits for ...
... (9) and 80% for culture-positive Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. In a ... There was one patient with culture-confirmed disease due to L. pneumophila ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=87024
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Community-Acquired Lung Abscess Caused by Legionella micdadei in a ...
Samples of legionella culture taken from the humidifier were sent to a reference ... of Legionella species and serogroups isolated by culture in patients ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2045249
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Enzyme-linked immunoassay for detection of PCR-amplified DNA of ...
... sequence of mip, a Legionella pneumophila gene associated with macrophage ... Evaluation of a commercial gene probe for identification of Legionella cultures. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=228139
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Influence of Acanthamoeba castellanii on Intracellular Growth of ...
... reports described the replication of Legionella culture isolates from clinical ... activity for Legionella pneumophila in tap water cultures and implication of ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=91922
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Endocarditis Due to Rare and Fastidious Bacteria
However, the blood culture may contain a bacterium rarely associated with ... blood cultures from those systems to the preferred medium for Legionella ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Surveillance for Travel-Associated Legionnaires Disease --- United ...
... by urine antigen testing; few were diagnosed by Legionella culture or serology. ... for urine antigen testing or Legionella culture of respiratory specimens (6) ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5648a2.htm
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Subinhibitory Concentrations of Antimicrobial Agents Reduce the Uptake ...
... of the quantitative culture determination of Legionella onto BCYE agar after ... quantitative culture showed similar levels of inhibition of Legionella after ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=105958
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Detection of Legionella pneumophila by Real-Time PCR for the mip Gene
Legionella pneumophila is the most common pathogenic species ... culture positive for Legionella (7 L. pneumophila isolates and 1 Legionella bozemanae isolate) ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=165371
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THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 76, Pulmonary Infections
Legionella sp: Susceptibility to Legionella infections (5% of all culture ... Obtaining a specimen for anaerobic culture and etiologic identification is often ...
http://www.merck.com/mkgr/mmg/sec10/ch76/ch76a.jsp
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Influence of iron-limited continuous culture on physiology and ...
... and morphology of Legionella pneumophila in continuous culture at low oxygen concentration. ... for Legionella pneumophila in tap water cultures and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=173600
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Legionnaires' Disease Associated With Potting Soil --- California ...
Infections with one species, Legionella longbeachae, have been associated with ... cultures yielding non-pneumophila isolates to CDC's Legionella laboratory for ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4934a1.htm
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Discovery of a Nonclassical Siderophore, Legiobactin, Produced by ...
The Legionella CAS reactivity was detected in the culture supernatants of the ... Supernatants from Legionella cultures to be tested for siderophore activity were ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=94339
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