Genomic stability of Legionella pneumophila isolates recovered from two cardiac transplant patients with nosocomial Legionnaires' disease.
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed that multiple consecutive isolates of Legionella pneumophila from two cardiac transplant patients remained genomically stable, despite exposure to host defenses and antimicrobial agents.
Marrie
T J
TJ
Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Johnson
W M
WM
Tyler
S D
SD
Bezanson
G S
GS
Burbridge
S
S
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
D004269:DNA, Bacterial