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Microorganisms seen by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in Legionnaires' disease from human lung

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In addition to several anomalous structures, other general forms of definitely rod-shaped microorganisms have been found by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in the lung tissue taken at autopsy from a patient who succumbed to confirmed Legionnaires' disease with extensive necrotizing lobar pneumonia. The microorganisms were greatly varied in size and shape. They were micrographed in the act of fission. These forms have been found to some extent throughout the tissue. No nickel was demonstrated, either in the lung tissue or in the microorganisms.

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  1. Veterans Administration Medical Center, 72206, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

    C. N. Sun, H. J. White & John H. L. Watson

  2. Edsel B. Ford Institute for Medical Research, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    C. N. Sun, H. J. White & John H. L. Watson

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This work has been supported in part by a Henry Ford Hospital institutional grant from the Ford Foundation and in part by the Veterans Administration Medical Center Research Funds.

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Sun, C.N., White, H.J. & Watson, J.H.L. Microorganisms seen by scanning and transmission electron microscopy in Legionnaires' disease from human lung. Experientia 35, 1303–1305 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963973

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