Investigation of Legionella pneumophila Outbreak: Effectiveness of Clinical and Genomic Methods

Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Jun 15;62(12):1614-5. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw195. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Authors

Philippe Saliou¹, Marie-Sarah Fangous², Marie Uguen³, Hervé Le Bars⁴, Valérie Narbonne⁴, Christopher Payan⁵, Didier Tandé⁴, Raoul Baron³, Geneviève Héry-Arnaud⁵

Affiliations

¹ Infection Control Unit Inserm U1078, Génétique, Génomique, Biotechnologies.
² Department of Microbiology, Brest Teaching Hospital Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.
³ Infection Control Unit.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Brest Teaching Hospital.
⁵ Department of Microbiology, Brest Teaching Hospital Inserm U1078, Génétique, Génomique, Biotechnologies Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest, France.

PMID: 27025821
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw195

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Disease Outbreaks
Genomics
Humans
Legionella
Legionella pneumophila / genetics*
Legionnaires' Disease / epidemiology*