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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 56-59, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.56-59.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Legionella anisa, a Possible Indicator of Water Contamination by Legionella pneumophila

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet,1* Anne-Sophie Domelier,1 Laurence Arnault,1 Daniel Bloc,1 Patrice Laudat,2 Philippe Hartemann,3 and Roland Quentin1

Service de Bactériologie et Hygiène, CHRU Trousseau, 37044 Tours Cedex 9, France,1 Laboratoire d'Analyses Médicales Arnaud, 37000 Tours, France,2 Service d'Étude et de Recherche en Environment et Santé, Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, 54505 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France3

Received 26 July 2005/ Returned for modification 10 September 2005/ Accepted 2 October 2005

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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Service de Bactériologie et Hygiène, CHRU Trousseau, 37044 Tours Cedex 9, France. Phone: 33 2 47 47 47 47, ext. 71419. Fax: 33 2 47 47 85 88. E-mail: n.vandermee{at}chu-tours.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2006, p. 56-59, Vol. 44, No. 1
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.44.1.56-59.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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