title: Clinical and environmental distributions of Legionella strains in France are different.
abstract: 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%).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, EA 3090, ISPB, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 69373 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Doleans
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aurell
authors.forename: Monique
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reyrolle
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lina
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Freney
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vandenesch
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Etienne
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jarraud
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007875:Legionella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology