Clinical and environmental distributions of Legionella strains in France are different.
In France, the clinical distribution of Legionella species and serogroups does not correspond to their environmental distribution. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 is more prevalent among clinical isolates (95.4%) than in the environment (28.2%), whereas L. anisa is more frequent in the environment (13.8%) than in the clinical setting (0.8%).
Doleans
Anne
A
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, EA 3090, ISPB, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69373 Lyon, France.
Aurell
Helena
H
Reyrolle
Monique
M
Lina
Gerard
G
Freney
Jean
J
Vandenesch
Francois
F
Etienne
Jerome
J
Jarraud
Sophie
S
D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology