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. 2006 Jan;44(1):56-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.56-59.2006.

Legionella anisa, a possible indicator of water contamination by Legionella pneumophila

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet  1 , Anne-Sophie Domelier, Laurence Arnault, Daniel Bloc, Patrice Laudat, Philippe Hartemann, Roland Quentin
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Legionella anisa, a possible indicator of water contamination by Legionella pneumophila

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jan.

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.

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FIG. 1.
Results of environmental testing for Legionella spp. and actions to deal with Legionella contamination of the water system from January to June 2005. Dates are given in the form month/day/year.
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FIG. 2.
PFGE SfiI patterns of 10 L. anisa isolates (lanes 1 to 10, respectively) and 1 L. pneumophila serogroup 1 isolate (lane 11). Lane L, molecular mass ladder; lane C, control.
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