Boldur I, Ergaz M, Sompolinsky D
J Hyg (Lond). 1984 Feb;92(1):37-43. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400064007.
The prevalence of seropositivity to Legionella spp. was studied in inmates and staff members of two geriatric hospitals (Rahel and Sinai); attendants to a geriatric Day Club; and 26 old people with entirely independent households. The sera were examined by indirect immunofluorescence with antigens of six Legionella species (L. pneumophila, L. longbeachae, L. micdadei, L. gormanii, L. dumoffii and L. bozemanii). A titre of greater than or equal to 256 to at least one antigen was obtained in 30.5% of patients and 35.7% of staff members from Rahel; 12.1% of patients and 17.2% of staff members from Sinai; 9.1% of attendants to the Day Club; and none of 26 old people with their own households. All the positive patients from Rahel reacted with L. pneumophila, but only four of seven of the positive patients from Sinai did so; none of the seropositive subjects from the Day Club reacted with this agent. The results indicate intramural exposure to agents of legionellosis, at least for the Rahel Hospital.
对两家老年医院(拉赫尔医院和西奈医院)的住院患者和工作人员、老年日间俱乐部的护理人员以及26户完全独立居住的老年人进行了嗜肺军团菌血清阳性率的研究。采用间接免疫荧光法,用六种嗜肺军团菌(嗜肺军团菌、长滩军团菌、米克戴德军团菌、戈尔曼军团菌、杜莫夫军团菌和博兹曼军团菌)的抗原检测血清。拉赫尔医院30.5%的患者和35.7%的工作人员、西奈医院12.1%的患者和17.2%的工作人员、日间俱乐部9.1%的护理人员以及26户独立居住的老年人中均无人对至少一种抗原的滴度达到或超过256。拉赫尔医院所有阳性患者均对嗜肺军团菌产生反应,但西奈医院7例阳性患者中只有4例如此;日间俱乐部血清阳性者均未对该病原体产生反应。结果表明,至少在拉赫尔医院内存在军团菌病病原体的暴露情况。