Urines from two of the culture-positive L. pneumophila serogroup 1
Oxford/OLDA patients were negative for L. pneumophila in both the
BinaxNOW® and the ImmuView® kits, but positive in the ImmuView®
test for S. pneumoniae. Moreover, four of the urine samples from blood
culture S. pneumoniae positive patients were found positive for both
S. pneumoniae and L. pneumophila in the ImmuView® test. Unfortunately,
no more sample material was left, so further analysis was not possible.
We cannot exclude a possible double infection with both bacteria,
which has been observed earlier (Dickgieβer et al., 1985; Tan et al.,
2002). However, it might also be a false positive reaction in the
ImmuView® test