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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1998, p. 1160-1163, Vol. 36, No. 4
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by Three Genetically Different Strains of Legionella pneumophila and Detection of These Strains in the Hospital Water Supply

P. Christian Lück,1,* Hans-Martin Wenchel,2 and Jürgen H. Helbig1

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum, Technische Universität Dresden, D-01307 Dresden,1 and Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität zu Köln, D-50935 Köln,2 Germany

Received 2 July 1997/Returned for modification 9 September 1997/Accepted 5 January 1998

A 44-year-old woman developed Legionella pneumophila pneumonia after cerebral surgery. Initially, one colony from a clinical specimen and two colonies from water samples, all belonging to serogroup 12, did not match when their DNA restriction patterns were compared. When additional colonies from the water specimens were analyzed, a serogroup 12 strain complementary to that found in the clinical specimen was identified. Other colonies from the clinical specimen were identified as serogroup 12 strains complementary to those identified from the water. In addition, the same serogroup 1 strain was isolated from the patient and the water system.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universitätsklinikum, TU Dresden, Dürerstrasse 24, D-01307 Dresden, Germany. Phone: 49-351-463-8585. Fax: 49-351-463-8573. E-mail: cl4{at}irz.inf.tu-dresden.de.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 1998, p. 1160-1163, Vol. 36, No. 4
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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