Development and validation of a core-genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for <i>Legionella longbeachae</i>.

ABSTRACT: Legionella longbeachae is a pathogen of global health importance due to its role in causing Legionnaires' disease (LD), a severe form of community-acquired pneumonia. Throughout the USA and Europe, Legionella pneumophila is often identified as the primary cause of LD, but in countries such as New Zealand and Australia, where testing for non-pneumophila Legionella species is employed systematically, high rates of L. longbeachae are reported. Development of genomic tools to track outbreaks and identify infection sources for L. longbeachae has lagged behind that of L. pneumophila. This study addresses this deficit through the development of a core-genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) scheme for L. longbeachae. Using all 7 publicly availab

SUBMITTER: Miller H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413299 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature