LEGIONELLA - World Health Organization

Legionella spec es
Serogroups
Assoc at on
w th cl n cal
cases Reference
L. gratiana Unknown Bornstein et al., 1989b
L. gresilensis Unknown Lo Presti et al., 2001
L. hackeliae 2 Yes Wilkinson et al., 1985; Brenner et al., 1985
L. israelensis Unknown Bercovier et al., 1986; Sonesson et al., 1994
L. jamestowniensis Unknown Wilkinson et al., 1990; Brenner et al., 1985
L. jordanis Yes Cherry et al., 1982; Thacker et al., 1988b
L. lansingensis Yes Thacker et al., 1992
L. londiniensis 2 Unknown Dennis et al., 1993
L. longbeachae 2 Yes McKinney et al., 1981; Boldur et al., 1985;
Chereshsky & Bettelheim, 1986; Eitrem,
Forsgren & Nilsson, 1987; Lode et al.,1987
L. lytica (comb. nov.) Unknown Birtles et al., 1996
L. maceachernii Yes Brenner et al., 1985; Merrell et al., 1991
L. micdadei Yes Hebert et al., 1980
L. moravica Unknown Wilkinson et al., 1988
L. nautarum Unknown Dennis et al., 1993
L. oakridgensis Yes Orrison et al., 1983; Tang, Toma &
MacMillan, 1985
L. parisiensis Yes Lo Presti et al., 1997
L. pneumophila 16 Yes Brenner et al., 1985; Yu, 2000
L. quateirensis Unknown Dennis et al., 1993
L. quinlivanii 2 Unknown Benson et al., 1989; Birtles et al., 1991;
Wilkinson et al., 1990
L.rowbothamii Unknown Adeleke et al., 2001
L. rubrilucens Unknown Brenner et al., 1985; Saunders, Doshi
& Harrison, 1992
L. sainthelensi 2 Yes Benson et al., 1990
L. santicrucis Unknown Brenner et al., 1985; Lee et al., 1993
L. shakespearei Unknown Verma et al., 1992
L. spiritensis 2 Unknown Brenner et al., 1985; Harrison et al., 1988
L. steigerwaltii Unknown Brenner et al., 1985; Edelstein & Edelstein, 1989
L. taurinensis Unknown Lo Presti et al., 1999
L. tusconensis Yes Thacker et al., 1989
L. wadsworthii Yes Edelstein, 1982a
L. waltersii Unknown Benson et al.,1996b
L. worsleiensis Unknown Dennis et al.,1993
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