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A Legionella-like Bacterium Related to WIGA in a Fatal Case of Pneumonia
- BERENICE M. THOMASON, B.S.;
- PATRICIA P. HARRIS, M.S.;
- MARTIN D. HICKLIN, M.D.;
- JOHN A. BLACKMON, M.D.;
- C. WAYNE MOSS, Ph.D.; and
- FRANK MATTHEWS, M.D.
Abstract
An unusual bacterium serologically related to a "rickettsia-like agent," designated previously as WIGA, was seen in lung tissue from a patient who died of pneumonia of unknown cause. A fluorescent antibody conjugate prepared with the WIGA organism, isolated in 1959, was used to stain the lung tissue. Enormous numbers of fluorescent bacteria in the lungs of this patient confirm the pathogenicity of this unusual bacterium.
Article and Author Information
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▸From the Bacteriology and Pathology Divisions, Bureau of Laboratories, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Atlanta, and DeKalb General Hospital, Decatur; Georgia.
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▸Requests for reprints should be addressed to Berenice M. Thomason; Analytical Bacteriology Branch, Building 5, Room 112, Center for Disease Control; Atlanta, GA 30333.
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- Received August 17, 1979.
- Accepted August 21, 1979.
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