PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Baumgardner, Dennis J.
AU  - Johnson, Diana K.
AU  - Ross, Joseph E.
TI  - Prevalence Of <em>Legionella</em> In Pharyngeal Secretions Of Patients With Pharyngitis
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.1.1.24
DP  - 1988 Jan 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Practice
PG  - 24--28
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/1/1/24.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/1/1/24.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med1988 Jan 01; 1
AB  - A serological investigation has suggested that Legionella pneumophila may be associated with sore throat in adults. In a study of 177 adults and children with acute pharyngitis, Legionella species were not isolated from pharyngeal cultures, which utilized selective and nonselective buffered charcoal-yeast extract media. Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci were isolated from 14 percent of the 177 symptomatic patients. Throat cultures from 88 asymptomatic control subjects were negative for Legionella and beta-hemolytic streptococci. Further studies are needed to determine if Legionella species are associated with acute pharyngitis.