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. 1988 Feb;26(2):382. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.2.382-.1988

Legionella pneumophila serogroup 14 isolated from patients with fatal pneumonia.

R F Benson 1, W L Thacker 1, H W Wilkinson 1, R J Fallon 1, D J Brenner 1
PMCID: PMC266290  PMID: 3343332

Abstract

Two Legionella-like organisms, one isolated from postmortem lung tissue and the other from a bronchial aspirate, were shown by growth, physiologic, and genetic characteristics to belong to the species Legionella pneumophila. Subsequent serologic testing indicated that both strains belonged to a new serogroup, serogroup 14.

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