英《新科学家》第85卷第1199期(1980年)报道:最近在科比旅馆已检测出,并经证实为军团病的致病菌。这是牛津和科林代尔公共卫生小组的成就。这种有危害性的嗜肺性军团病杆菌引起肺炎样疾病,过去一直难以证明。托宾(John Tobin)医生和牛津公共卫生实验室小组从旅馆的自来水系统中过滤而获得此致病菌。研究人员通过过滤制备了一种碎屑悬浮液,并将此悬浮液注射至豚鼠。 The New Scientist, Vol. 85, No. 1199 (1980) reports that the pathogen that has recently been detected at the Kobe Hotel has been shown to be Legionella. This is the achievement of the Public Health Group in Oxford and Collingde. This hazardous Legionella pneumophila caused pneumonia-like illness, which has been difficult to prove in the past. This pathogen is obtained by filtering through the hotel’s tap water system by Dr. John Tobin and the Oxford Public Health Laboratory team. The researchers prepared a detritus suspension by filtration and injected this suspension into guinea pigs.