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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3320-3322, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3320-3322.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strain Paris: Endemic Distribution throughout France

Helena Aurell,1* Jerome Etienne,1 Françoise Forey,1 Monique Reyrolle,1 Pascale Girardo,1 Pierre Farge,1 Bénédicte Decludt,2 Christine Campese,2 François Vandenesch,1 and Sophie Jarraud1

Centre National de Référence des Legionella, INSERM E-0230, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine Laennec IFR 62, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08,1 Institut de Veille Sanitaire, 94415 Saint-Maurice Cedex, France2

Received 30 January 2003/ Returned for modification 12 March 2003/ Accepted 14 April 2003

An analysis of 691 French clinical Legionella isolates showed that the endemic L. pneumophila serogroup 1 strain Paris was responsible for 12.2% of all cases of legionellosis and had a specific pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern. We also demonstrated the presence of this endemic clone throughout Europe.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Centre National de Référence des Legionella, INSERM E-0230, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine Laennec IFR 62, 7 rue Guillaume Paradin, 69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Phone: 33-4-78-77-86-57. Fax: 33-4-78-77-86-58. E-mail: aurell{at}univ-lyon1.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2003, p. 3320-3322, Vol. 41, No. 7
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3320-3322.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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