Pneumonia caused by Legionella micdadei in a fatal case and its bacteriological characteristics.
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This is the first case with <I>Legionella micdadei</I> isolated from a patient of fatal pneumonia in Japan. The patient was 61 years old male, and had myeloma as the underlying disease. He admitted a clinic for high fever and headache on September 11, 1986. After 8 days, he admitted Kobe Central Municipal Hospital as an emergency case for respiratory distress, cyanosis and hypoxemia. Chest X-ray showed homogenous shadow in all the lung fields without right middle and lower lobe. Despite of treatment with latamoxef, dibekacin and erythromycin, he died with DIC and pulmonary bleeding on Sept. 25. <I>Legionella</I> colonies were observed in pure culture on BCYEα agar plate from both lungs taken out during the autopsy. Fatty acid profile, biochemical and serological characteristics of the organism isolated was all identical with <I>L. micdadei.</I>
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