Tartakovskii, I.S., Ginzburg, A.L., Lazikova, G.F., Chistyakova, G.G., Demina, Yu.V., Karpova, T.I., Dronina, Yu.E., Titova, I.V., Yatsyshina, S.B., Shipulin, G.A., Romanenko, V.V., Omon, E.P., Durasova, A.L.

Standards for laboratory diagnostics of legionellosis and their application during epidemic outbreak of pneumonia in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma

Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology; Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare; Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow; Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Sverdlovsk region, Ekaterinburg; Ekaterinburg Center of Diagnostics, Russia

High effectiveness of application of international standards for legionellosis laboratory diagnostics was confirmed during investigation of pneumonia outbreak in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Use of immunochromatographic method and enzyme immunoassay for detection of Legionella antigen in urine of patients allows to confirm diagnosis of Legionella infection during several hours, promptly begin etiologic antibacterial treatment and reveal possible sources of infection in potentially dangerous environmental objects.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 16—19