Abstract
The Binax legionella urinary antigen (LUA) enzyme immunoassay (Binax, Portland, Maine) was evaluated in 159 patients with suspected or proven legionellosis and 209 controls. A positive LUA test was found in 37% of patients with suspected legionellosis overall and in 83% of those with proven Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 infection. The sensitivity of the LUA test was significantly greater than that of the direct fluorescent-antigen test (83 versus 42%; P < 0.0001) but not significantly different from that of culture (85%) or serology (91%); specificity was at least 99.5%.
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