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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2738-2739, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Rapid Diagnosis of Legionnaires' Disease Using an Immunochromatographic Assay for Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Antigen in Urine during an Outbreak in The Netherlands

Peter C. Wever,1,* Ed P. F. Yzerman,2 Ed J. Kuijper,1 Peter Speelman,3 and Jacob Dankert1

Department of Medical Microbiology1 and Department of Infectious Diseases, Tropical Medicine and AIDS,3 Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, and the Laboratory of Public Health, Haarlem,2 The Netherlands

Received 19 January 2000/Returned for modification 3 March 2000/Accepted 17 April 2000

A new immunochromatographic assay for rapid qualitative detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 antigen in urine specimens was used during an outbreak of legionellosis in The Netherlands. The assay seems of the utmost value in providing a rapid diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia in an outbreak setting.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology L1-104, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31 (0)20 566 9111. Fax: 31 (0)20 697 9271. E-mail: p.c.wever{at}amc.uva.nl.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2000, p. 2738-2739, Vol. 38, No. 7
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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