1) Brenner, D. J., et al.: Classification of the Legionnaires' disease bacterium: Legionella pneumophila, genus novum, species nova, of the family Legicnellaceae, familia nova. Ann. Intern. Med., 90: 656-658, 1979.
2) Pasculle, A. W., et al.: Pittsburgh pneumonia agents: Direct isolation from human lung tissue. J. Infect. Dis., 141: 727-732, 1980.
3) Edelstein, P. H., et al.: Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from blood. Lancet, I: 750-751, 1979.
4) Edelstein, P. H., et al.: Laboratory diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis., 121: 317-327, 1980.
5) Jones, G. L. & Hebert, G. A.: “Legionnaires” the disease, the bacterium and methodology. U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, C. D. C. Georgia, U. S. A., 1979.