title: Legionella anisa, a possible indicator of water contamination by Legionella pneumophila.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Bactériologie et Hygiène, CHRU Trousseau, Tours, France. n.vandermee@chu-tours.fr
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van der Mee-Marquet
authors.forename: Anne-Sophie
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Domelier
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Arnault
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bloc
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laudat
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hartemann
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quentin
mesh_terms: 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