van der Mee-Marquet Nathalie, Domelier Anne-Sophie, Arnault Laurence, Bloc Daniel, Laudat Patrice, Hartemann Philippe, Quentin Roland
Service de Bactériologie et Hygiène, CHRU Trousseau, Tours, France.
J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Jan;44(1):56-9. doi: 10.1128/JCM.44.1.56-59.2006.
Legionella anisa is one of the most frequent species of Legionella other than Legionella pneumophila in the environment and may be hospital acquired in rare cases. We found that L. anisa may mask water contamination by L. pneumophila, suggesting that there is a risk of L. pneumophila infection in immunocompromised patients if water is found to be contaminated with Legionella species other than L. pneumophila.
异嗜军团菌是环境中除嗜肺军团菌之外最常见的军团菌菌种之一,在罕见情况下可能是医院获得性感染。我们发现异嗜军团菌可能掩盖嗜肺军团菌造成的水污染,这表明如果发现水被除嗜肺军团菌之外的其他军团菌菌种污染,免疫功能低下的患者存在感染嗜肺军团菌的风险。