Betekenis van:
legionella
legionella
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- the motile aerobic rod-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that thrives in central heating and air conditioning systems and can cause Legionnaires' disease
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- (Legionella spp.)
- (Legionella spp.) Clinical criteria
- Detection of Legionella pneumophila antigen in urine
- Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 specific antibody response
- Legionella pneumophila non-serogroup 1 or other Legionella spp. specific antibody response
- Detection of Legionella spp. nucleic acid in a clinical specimen
- Isolation of Legionella spp. from respiratory secretions or any normally sterile site
- pneumophila serogroup 1, other serogroups or other Legionella species: single high titre in specific serum antibody
- Detection of Legionella pneumophila antigen in respiratory secretions or lung tissue e.g. by DFA staining using monoclonal-antibody derived reagents
- At least one of the following three: Isolation of Legionella spp. from respiratory secretions or any normally sterile site
- pneumophila serogroup 1, other serogroups or other Legionella species: single high titre in specific serum antibody Epidemiological criteria