Diederen B M W, de Jong C M A, Aarts I, Peeters M F, van Gageldonk-Lafeber A B, Wilbrink B, van der Zee A
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Clin Microbiol Infect. 2005 May;11(5):410-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01112.x.
The role of Legionella spp. in the aetiology of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) is largely unknown. In this case-control study, conducted in a general practitioner setting during 2000 and 2001, nose and throat samples from patients presenting with ARIs (n = 230) and controls (n = 200) were analysed for the presence of Legionella spp. by real-time PCR. Legionella DNA was not detected in any of the cases or controls. Thus, Legionella spp. do not seem to play a role in patients presenting with ARIs, nor were they present in patients who visited their general practitioner for complaints other than ARIs.
嗜肺军团菌属在急性呼吸道感染(ARI)病因学中的作用很大程度上尚不清楚。在这项于2000年至2001年在全科医生诊所进行的病例对照研究中,通过实时聚合酶链反应(PCR)分析了患有ARI的患者(n = 230)和对照组(n = 200)的鼻和喉样本中嗜肺军团菌属的存在情况。在任何病例或对照组中均未检测到嗜肺军团菌DNA。因此,嗜肺军团菌属似乎在患有ARI的患者中不起作用,在因ARI以外的其他症状就诊于全科医生的患者中也不存在。