A community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease caused by outdoor hot tubs for private use in a hotel.

During the period October-November 2017, an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease involving 27 cases occurred in the tourist area of Palmanova (Mallorca, Spain). The majority of cases were reported by the European Centre of Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) as travel associated cases of Legionnaires' disease (TALD). Most cases belonged to different hotel cluster alerts.

sp. nov., a new species isolated from the hot water distribution systems of a hospital and a shopping center during routine sampling.

Two -like strains isolated from hot water distribution systems in 2012 have been characterized phenotypically, biochemically and genomically in terms of DNA relatedness. Both strains, HCPI-6 and EUR-108, exhibited biochemical phenotypic profiles typical of species. Cells were Gram-negative motile rods which grew on BCYEα agar but not on blood agar and displayed phenotypic characteristics typical of the family , including a requirement for l-cysteine and testing catalase positive.

Acute Pneumonia Caused by Clinically Isolated Sg 1, ST 62: Host Responses and Pathologies in Mice.

Legionnaires' disease is a severe form of lung infection caused by bacteria belonging to the genus . The disease severity depends on both host immunity and virulence. The objective of this study was to describe the pathological spectrum of acute pneumonia caused by a virulent clinical isolate of serogroup 1, sequence type 62.