Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strain Paris: endemic distribution throughout France
Helena Aurell, Jerome Etienne, Françoise Forey, Monique Reyrolle, Pascale Girardo, Pierre Farge, Bénédicte Decludt, Christine Campese, François Vandenesch, Sophie Jarraud, Helena Aurell, Jerome Etienne, Françoise Forey, Monique Reyrolle, Pascale Girardo, Pierre Farge, Bénédicte Decludt, Christine Campese, François Vandenesch, Sophie Jarraud
Abstract
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.
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Schematic representation of PFGE profiles (using SfiI restriction enzyme) of the following clinical L. pneumophila strains: Paris strain isolated in different towns in France (lanes 1 to 11), strain EUL 1 Switzerland (lane 12), strain EUL 55 Spain (lane 13), strain EUL 104 Sweden (lane 14), strain EUL 37 Italy (lane 15), French epidemic strains (lanes 16 to 19), and French sporadic strains (lanes 20 to 30). Size markers (SM) are given in kilobases.
Source: PubMed