Berdal B P, Farshy C E, Feeley J C
J Clin Microbiol. 1979 May;9(5):575-8. doi: 10.1128/jcm.9.5.575-578.1979.
An enzyme-linked immunospecific assay "sandwich" technique was developed for detecting soluble antigen from the Legionnaires disease bacterium (Legionella pneumophila). With this technique, antigen was detected in urine specimens from guinea pigs inoculated intraperitoneally with heat-killed Legionnaires disease bacteria and in urine specimens from three of four patients who attended the American Legion Convention in Philadelphia in 1976. Urine from a fifth pneumonia patient who attended the Eucharistic Congress (but who was a dubious seroconverter) was negative. Presumably, the test could also be used for detecting antigen in sputum or respiratory aspirates, but this has not been tried to date.
一种用于检测军团菌病细菌(嗜肺军团菌)可溶性抗原的酶联免疫特异性测定“夹心”技术被研发出来。通过该技术,在经腹腔接种热灭活军团菌病细菌的豚鼠尿液标本中以及在1976年参加费城美国退伍军人大会的四名患者中三名患者的尿液标本中检测到了抗原。第五名参加圣体大会(但血清转化情况存疑)的肺炎患者的尿液检测呈阴性。据推测,该检测也可用于检测痰液或呼吸道吸出物中的抗原,但迄今为止尚未进行尝试。