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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Comparative genome analysis investigation of nosocomial and community-acquired cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by ST2858 and ST378.

Maria Najeeb, Gillian Cameron, Marianne Grimard-Conea, Sara Matthews, Julie Brodeur, Geneviève Cadieux, Pierre A Pilon, Xavier Marchand-Senécal, Cindy Lalancette, Martin Smith and 2 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Fine-scale structural diversification among closely relatedApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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  2. MixedInfectious disease reports · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Maria NajeebDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Gillian CameronDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Marianne Grimard-ConeaDepartment of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Sara MatthewsDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Julie BrodeurDirection régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Geneviève CadieuxDirection régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Pierre A PilonDirection régionale de santé publique de Montréal, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'île-de-Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Xavier Marchand-SenécalDepartment of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Cindy LalancetteLaboratoire national de santé publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Martin SmithSchool of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Michèle PrévostDepartment of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Sebastien P FaucherDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-7715

Funding

Genome Quebec
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eight cases of Legionnaires' disease caused by

Indexed as

Community-Acquired InfectionsCross InfectionGenome, BacterialLegionella pneumophilaLegionnaires' DiseaseAgedCoinfectionFemaleGenetic VariationHumansMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single Nucleotideco-infectioncopper resistancehealthcare facilityhot water distribution systemsLegionella pneumophilasingle nucleotide polymorphism

Identifiers

PMID40488472
PMCPMC12211059

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Registered trials

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