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Characterization of Legionella pneumophila isolates from patients in Japan according to serogroups, monoclonal antibody subgroups and sequence types.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2010
Amemura-Maekawa Junko, Kura Fumiaki, Helbig Jürgen H, Chang Bin, Kaneko Akiko, Watanabe Yuko, Isobe Junko, Nukina Masafumi, Nakajima Hiroshi, Kawano Kimiko, Tada Yuki, Watanabe Haruo, The Working Group For In Japan
Abstract excerpt
We collected 86 unrelated clinical Legionella pneumophila strains that were isolated in Japan during the period 1980-2008. Most (80.2%) belonged to serogroup 1, followed by serogroups 5, 3 and 2. Interestingly, the patients with L. pneumophila serogroup 1 had a significantly higher male-to-female ratio (12.4) than the patients with other L. pneumophila serogroups (2.0) (OR, 10.5; 95% CI, 2.5-44.5). When the...
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