Legionella pneumophila Antigen Test

Legionnaires 'Diease, yomwe idatchulidwa pambuyo pa kufalikira mu 1976 pa msonkhano wa American Legion ku Philadelphia, imayambitsidwa ndi Legionella pneumophila ndipo imadziwika kuti ndi matenda owopsa a kupuma movutikira kuyambira kudwala pang'ono mpaka chibayo chakupha.Matendawa amapezeka miliri ndi endemic mitundu ndi sporadic milandu si mosavuta kusiyana ndi matenda ena kupuma ndi matenda zizindikiro.Pafupifupi 25000 mpaka 100000 matenda a Legionella amapezeka ku United States chaka chilichonse.Chiwopsezo cha kufa, kuyambira 25% mpaka 40%, chingathe kuchepetsedwa ngati matendawa apezeka mofulumira komanso chithandizo choyenera cha antimicrobial chikuyambika mwamsanga.Zodziwika zoopsa zomwe zimadziwika ndi monga immunosuppression, kusuta fodya, kumwa mowa ndi matenda opatsirana a m'mapapo.Achichepere ndi achikulire ndiwo makamaka ali ndi vuto.Legionella pneumophila ndi amene amachititsa 80% -90% ya milandu ya Legionella yodwala ndi serpgroup 1 yomwe imakhala yoposa 70% ya legionellosis yonse.Njira zamakono zodziwira chibayo choyambitsidwa ndi Legionella pneumophila m'ma labotale zimafunikira njira yopumira (monga sputum ya expectorated, kutsuka kwa bronchial, transtracheal aspirate, lung biopsy) kapena pairing sera (acute ndi convalescent) kuti adziwe zolondola.

The BESTest Legionella imalola kuti adziwe msanga za Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 infevtion kudzera mu kuzindikira kuti pali antigen yosungunuka yomwe ilipo mumkodzo wa odwala omwe ali ndi Legionnaires ' Disease.Antigen ya Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 yapezeka mumkodzo pakatha masiku atatu chiyambireni zizindikiro.Kuyezetsa kwake kumakhala kofulumira, kumapereka zotsatira mkati mwa mphindi 15, ndipo amagwiritsa ntchito chitsanzo cha mkodzo chomwe chimakhala chosavuta kusonkhanitsa, kunyamula, ndi kuzindikira matenda oyambirira, komanso pambuyo pake.