Document 0516
 DOCN  M9490516
 TI    Possible significance of antibodies to Legionella pneumophila in HIV-1
       infected patients with acute respiratory illness.
 DT    9411
 AU    Del Prete R; Mosca A; Locaputo S; Federico M; Angarano G; Miragliotta G;
       Institute of Microbiology, University of Bari, Italy.
 SO    Acta Virol. 1994 Feb;38(1):31-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94346338
 AB    Eighty-six serum samples from 52 HIV-1 infected patients with
       complicating pneumonia illness were assayed for the presence of
       antibodies to Legionella pneumophila. In 25 of these patients
       Pneumocystic carinii has been previously diagnosed. Among all patients
       investigated only 4 had antibodies to L. pneumophila of significant
       titer of 128. In one patient L. pneumophila was demonstrated coexisting
       with P. carinii. Despite of a small proportion of patients with a
       significant titer of antibodies against L. pneumophila, the presence of
       this microorganism should be carefully investigated in AIDS patients
       with complicating pneumonia especially when the aetiological diagnosis
       is not defined; the reason is to improve the therapeutic treatment.
 DE    Antibodies, Bacterial/*BLOOD  *AIDS-Related Opportunistic
       Infections/IMMUNOLOGY  Human  *HIV-1  Legionella pneumophila/*IMMUNOLOGY
       *Legionnaires' Disease/IMMUNOLOGY  Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii
       JOURNAL ARTICLE

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