Case 70. Lobar pneumonia (88 y-o M)

　 　 　 　
　
Fatal lobar pneumonia in the aged (four-day clinical course)
 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 Giemsa-stained touch smear prepared at autopsy gives us valuable information. Rods are clearly seen in the cytoplasm of macrophages (Giemsa). However, culture for L. pneumophila using a BCYEα culture agar was negative in this case.