Legionella anisa, a possible indicator of water contamination by Legionella pneumophila.
Legionella anisa is one of the most frequent species of Legionella other than Legionella pneumophila in the environment and may be hospital acquired in rare cases. We found that L. anisa may mask water contamination by L. pneumophila, suggesting that there is a risk of L. pneumophila infection in immunocompromised patients if water is found to be contaminated with Legionella species other than L. pneumophila.
van der Mee-Marquet
Nathalie
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Service de Bactériologie et Hygiène, CHRU Trousseau, Tours, France. n.vandermee@chu-tours.fr
Domelier
Anne-Sophie
AS
Arnault
Laurence
L
Bloc
Daniel
D
Laudat
Patrice
P
Hartemann
Philippe
P
Quentin
Roland
R
D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007877:Legionnaires' Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution; D014881:Water Supply