Culture of Clinical Specimens Reveals Extensive Diversity of Legionella pneumophila Strains in Arizona

Culture of Clinical Specimens Reveals Extensive Diversity of Legionella pneumophila Strains in Arizona

Culture of clinical specimens from patients with Legionnaires’ disease is rarely performed, restricting our understanding of the diversity and ecology of Legionella. Culture of Legionella from patient specimens in Arizona revealed a greater proportion of non-serogroup 1 Legionellapneumophila isolate...

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Main Authors: Brian H. Raphael, Trung Huynh, Ellen Brown, Jessica C. Smith, Irene Ruberto, Linda Getsinger, Stacy White, Jonas M. Winchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-02-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Legionella pneumophila
clinical microbiology
genomic epidemiology
public health
whole-genome MLST
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00649-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00649-18

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