McKinney R M, Wilkinson H W, Sommers H M, Fikes B J, Sasseville K R, Yungbluth M M, Wolf J S
J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Sep;12(3):395-401. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.3.395-401.1980.
Isolates of Legionella pneumophila that are serologically different from strains of serogroups 1 through 5 were obtained from lung biopsy tissue or pleural fluid from three renal transplant recipients in Chicago, Ill. These strains were placed in a newly designated L. pneumophila serogroup, serogroup 6, on the basis of fluorescent-antibody staining characteristics. An L. pneumophila strain obtained from Bethesda, Md., one from Houston, Tex., and one from Oxford, England, also belong to this new serogroup. L. pneumophila serogroup 6 appears to be widely distributed geographically.
从伊利诺伊州芝加哥市三名肾移植受者的肺活检组织或胸腔积液中分离出了与血清群1至5的菌株在血清学上不同的嗜肺军团菌分离株。根据荧光抗体染色特性,这些菌株被归入一个新指定的嗜肺军团菌血清群——血清群6。从马里兰州贝塞斯达、得克萨斯州休斯顿和英国牛津获得的嗜肺军团菌菌株也属于这个新血清群。嗜肺军团菌血清群6似乎在地理上分布广泛。