Legionella pneumophilia

Japanese: Legionella pneumophilia(英語表記)Legionellapneumophilia
Legionella pneumophilia

…The pathogen isolated from the deceased was a previously unknown new species of bacteria that did not grow on conventional artificial media but grew well on a special medium containing yeast extract. It was a gram-negative rod measuring 0.3-0.4 μm in width and 2-3 μm in length and was named Legionella pneumophilia . Serological testing revealed that it was the same as the pneumonia that had previously spread in a psychiatric hospital in Washington in 1973 and the influenza-like disease that had spread in a health care center in Pontiac, Michigan in 1968. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Legionella pneumophilia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…死亡者から分離された病原菌はそれまで知られていなかった新種の細菌で,従来の人工培地に発育せず酵母エキスを加えた特殊培地でよく発育した。幅0.3~0.4μm,長さ2~3μmのグラム陰性杆菌でLegionella pneumophiliaと命名された。血清学的検索により,それ以前の1973年ワシントンの精神病院で流行した肺炎や1968年ミシガン州ポンティアクの健康管理センターで流行したインフルエンザ様疾患と同じものであることが明らかにされた。…

※「Legionella pneumophilia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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