title: Distribution of Legionella species and serogroups isolated by culture in patients with sporadic community-acquired legionellosis: an international collaborative survey.
abstract: This international collaborative survey identified culture-confirmed legionellosis in 508 patients with sporadic community-acquired legionellosis. Legionella pneumophila constituted 91.5% of the isolates. Serogroup 1 was the predominant serogroup (84.2%), and serogroups 2-13 (7.4%) accounted for the remaining serogroups. The Legionella species most commonly isolated were L. longbeachae (3.9%) and L. bozemanii (2.4%), followed by L. micdadei, L. dumoffii, L. feeleii, L. wadsworthii, and L. anisa (2.2% combined). L. longbeachae constituted 30.4% of the community-acquired Legionella isolates in Australia and New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA. vly+@pitt.edu
authors.forename: Victor L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Joseph F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Plouffe
authors.forename: Maddalena Castellani
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pastoris
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schousboe
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Widmer
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Summersgill
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: File
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Heath
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chereshsky
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007876:Legionellosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D009520:New Zealand; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping; D013557:Switzerland; D014481:United States