2009 - Ulm/New Ulm (Germany)

Place: Community

Season: Autumn/Winter

Source: Cooling Tower

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Unknown

Actions in response to the outbreak: Facilities were closed; Facilities were cleaned


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1

Sequence Type

ST62

ST62

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Knoxville

Knoxville

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila "Ulm" outbreak strain using the CRISPR-Cas system Lück C., Brzuszkiewicz E., Rydzewski K., Koshkolda T., Sarnow K., Essig A., Heuner K. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 2015
Microbiological diagnosis and molecular typing of Legionella strains during an outbreak of legionellosis in Southern Germany Essig A., von Baum H., Gonser T., Haerter G., Lück C. International Journal of Medical Microbiology 2016