Distribution of Legionella Species and Serogroups Isolated by Culture in Patients with Sporadic Community-Acquired Legionellosis: An International Collaborative Survey.
Yu, Victor L. 1,1; Plouffe, Joseph F. 2; Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani 5; Stout, Janet E. 1; Schousboe, Mona 6; Widmer, Andreas 8; Summersgill, James 4; File, Thomas 3; Heath, Christopher M. 9; Paterson, David L. 1,10; Chereshsky, Annette 7,a
[Miscellaneous] Journal of Infectious Diseases. 186(1):127-128, July 1, 2002.

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: This international collaborative survey identified culture-confirmed legionellosis in 508 patients with sporadic community-acquired legionellosis. Legionella pneumophila constituted 91.5% of the isolates. Serogroup 1 was the predominant serogroup (84.2%), and serogroups 2-13 (7.4%) accounted for the remaining serogroups. The Legionella species most commonly isolated were L. longbeachae (3.9%) and L. bozemanii (2.4%), followed by L. micdadei, L. dumoffii, L. feeleii, L. wadsworthii and L. anisa (2.2% combined). L. longbeachae constituted 30.4% of the community-acquired Legionella isolates in Australia and New Zealand

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