title: [Genomic DNA fingerprints of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 2 strains as an epidemiologic marker].
abstract: Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, DNA fingerprints of eleven Legionella pneumophila isolates of serogroup 2 were generated. It was shown that two strains from a patient suffering from pneumonia as well as three environmental strains isolated from the shower in the hotel where the patient stayed 5 days before his illness were identical. Six strains of the same serogroup isolated from other sources were clearly separated. Thus, DNA fingerprints by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis are excellent epidemiological markers for the rarely occurring serogroup 2 of Legionella pneumophila.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bender-Beck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mühlenberg
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Lück
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Horbach
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Fehrenbach
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wewalka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hacker
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D004269:DNA, Bacterial