Contents 



Page 



Foreword iii 



Acknowledgements iv 



Contributors v 



Preface ix 



PART ONE 

 The Disease 



Clinical Manifestations of Legionnaires' Disease and Recommended Therapy 3 



William B. Baiiie 



Pathologic Features of Legionnaires' Disease 9 



Joivi A. Blacknioii. Francis W. Chandler, and Martin D. Hicklin 



The Epidemiology of Legionnaires' Disease 13 



William B. Baine 



PART TWO 

 The Bacterium 



Cultural and Biochemical Characterization of the Legionnaires' Disease 



Bacterium 19 



Robert E. Weaver and Janies C. Feeley 



Physiology: Characteristics of the Legionnaires" Disease Bacterium in 



Semisynthetic and Chemically Defined Liquid Media 27 



Leo Pine, J. Richard George, M. W. Reeves, and W. Knox Harrell 



Electron Microscopy of the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium 41 



F.W. Chandler, J. A. Blackmon, M.D. Hicklin, R.M. Cole, and CS. Callaway 



Cellular Fatty Acid Composition of the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium 47 



C Wayne Moss. R.E. Weaver, S.B. Dees, and W.B. Cherry 



Antimicrobial Susceptibility of the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium 55 



Clyde Thornsberry and Linda A. Kirven 



Legionella pneumophila sp. nov.: The Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium 59 



Don J. Brenner, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, G. Ann Hebert. and Joseph E. McDade 



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