There is still a low level of clinical awareness regarding Legionnaires' disease 25 years after
it was first detected. The causative agents, legionellae, are freshwater bacteria with a …

Legionella pneumophila is the most highly characterized member of the genus of bacteria
that survive as intracellular parasites of freshwater protozoa. These bacteria can also …

Chlamydia pneumoniae has been associated with atherosclerosis and several other chronic
diseases, but reports from different laboratories are highly variable and “gold standards” are …

Background A worldwide outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has been
associated with exposures originating from a single ill health care worker from Guangdong …

Background Diarrhoea is the second leading cause of mortality in children worldwide, but
establishing the cause can be complicated by diverse diagnostic approaches and varying …

The accurate diagnosis of pneumococcal disease has frequently been hampered not only
by the difficulties in obtaining isolates of the organism from patient specimens but also by the …

Legionellae can infect and multiply intracellularly in both human phagocytic cells and
protozoa. Growth of legionellae in the absence of protozoa has been documented only on …

Legionella pneumophila is an intracellular parasite of freshwater protozoa and human
macrophages. Recent studies determined that the macrophage infectivity potentiator (Mip) …

Protozoans are gaining recognition as environmental hosts for a variety of waterborne
pathogens. We compared the growth of Mycobacterium avium, a human pathogen …

Background Available incidence data for invasive salmonella disease in sub-Saharan Africa
are scarce. Standardised, multicountry data are required to better understand the nature and …