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In February 1979 a 51 year old man fell will in Munich, displaying symptoms of an influenza-like illness which developed into pneumonia. The patient died eight days later of circulatory collapse which failed to respond to treatment, accompanied by high temperature, leucopenia and agranulocytosis. Typical rods detected in the lung tissue and histological sections by immunofluorescence indicated the possibility of a Legionella pneumophila infection. The pathogen isolated from the lung tissue on CYE agar was identified as L. pneumophila, serogroup I. The diagnosis was confirmed by the CDC, Atlanta. This is the first time this organism has been isolated in Central Europe from a case with a fatal outcome.
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G Ruckdeschel
July 1979,
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E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
June 1978,
Kansenshogaku zasshi. The Journal of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases,
E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
August 1979,
Medicina clinica,
E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
December 1978,
Schweizerische Rundschau fur Medizin Praxis = Revue suisse de medecine Praxis,
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G Ruckdeschel
April 1980,
Lijecnicki vjesnik,
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G Ruckdeschel
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E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
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Medicina clinica,
E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
November 1981,
Medicina clinica,
E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
May 1980,
La Nouvelle presse medicale,
E Holzer, and
G Ruckdeschel
January 1981,
La semaine des hopitaux : organe fonde par l'Association d'enseignement medical des hopitaux de Paris,
