Typing of Legionella isolates during an epidemiological investigation can be helpful but also misleading: an example from Greece

E N Velonakis; S A Uldum; P Giakkoupi; S Loukoussias; S S Nielsen; G Spala; A Vatopoulos

doi:10.2807/esw.11.34.03033-en

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Typing of Legionella isolates during an epidemiological investigation can be helpful but also misleading: an example from Greece

E N Velonakis, S A Uldum, P Giakkoupi, S Loukoussias, S S Nielsen, G Spala, A Vatopoulos
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Citation style for this article: Velonakis E N, Uldum S A, Giakkoupi P, Loukoussias S, Nielsen S S, Spala G, Vatopoulos A. Typing of Legionella isolates during an epidemiological investigation can be helpful but also misleading: an example from Greece. Euro Surveill. 2006;11(34):pii=3033. https://doi.org/10.2807/esw.11.34.03033-en

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The guidelines of the European Working Group for Legionella Infections (EWGLI) [1] are mainly based on epidemiological criteria, because clinical diagnosis of the infection is seldom based on the isolation of this bacterium from the patient