2025

1. Petzold, M.; Zacharias, N.; Uhle, S.; Kieper, L.; Mutters, N. T.; Kistemann, T.; Schreiber, C. PCR-Based Legionella Risk Evaluation of Drinking Water Systems-An Empirical Field Evaluation. Microorganisms 2025, 13 (6). DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms13061311

2. Sarumi, O. A., Bertrams, W., Schwengers, O., Herrmann, J.-P., Hain, T., Kieper, L., Petzold, M., Goesmann, A., Schmeck, B. T. & Heider, D., LegionProfiler: A computational tool for the identification of virulence factors and classification of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates. Bioinformatics 2025 btaf398. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btaf398

2023

1. Kowalczyk, B.; Petzold, M.; Kaczynski, Z.; Szuster-Ciesielska, A.; Luchowski, R.; Gruszecki, W. I.; Fuchs, B.; Galuska, C. E.; Choma, A.; Tarasiuk, J.; et al. Lipopolysaccharide of  Serogroup 1 Facilitates Interaction with Host Cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24 (19). DOI: ARTN 14602

2. Lehfeld, A. S.; Reber, F.; Lewandowsky, M. M.; Jahn, H. J.; Lück, C.; Petzold, M.; Schaefer, B.; Germelmann, A. R.; Lorenz, K.; Buchholz, U. Could oral hygiene prevent cases of at-home-acquired Legionnaires' disease? - Results of a comprehensive case-control study on infection sources, risk, and protective behaviors. Front. Microbiol. 2023, 14. DOI: ARTN 1199572

3. Lehfeld, A. S.; Petzold, M.; Brodhun, B.; Haas, W.; Buchholz, U. How valid is the 2-to 10-day incubation period for cases of Legionnaires' disease?: A reappraisal in the context of the German LeTriWa study; Berlin, 2016-2020. Epidemiol. Infect. 2023, 151. DOI: 10.1017/S0950268823000833

2022

1. Buchholz, U.; Lehfeld, A.-S.; Jahn, H. J.; Brodhun, B.; Lewandowsky, M. M.; Reber, F.; Adler, K.; Bochmann, J.; Förster, C.; Koch, M.;...; Petzold, M; ... Lück, C.. Infektionsquellensuche bei ambulant erworbenen Fällen von Legionärskrankheit. Epidemiologisches Bulletin 2022,  (27), 13--22.

2. Lehfeld, A-S.; Buchholz, U; Broduhn, B; ...Jahn, HJ; ... Petzold, M;... Lück, C . Infektionsquellensuche bei ambulant erworbenen Fällen von Legionärskrankheit – Ergebnisse der LeTriWa-Studie; Berlin, 2016–2020; Teil 2 (Ergebnisse und Diskussion). Epid. Bulletin 2022, 28, 14. DOI: DOI 10.25646/10170.

2021

1. Portal, E.; Descours, G.; Ginevra, C.; Mentasti, M.; Afshar, B.; Chand, M.; Day, J.; Echahidi, F.; Franzin, L.; Gaia, V.; ..., Petzold, M; et al. Legionella antibiotic susceptibility testing: is it time for international standardization and evidence-based guidance? J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2021. DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkab027.

2020

1. Buchholz, U.; Jahn, H. J.; Brodhun, B.; Lehfeld, A. S.; Lewandowsky, M. M.; Reber, F.; Adler, K.; Bochmann, J.; Forster, C.; Koch, M.; …; Lück, C. Source attribution of community-acquired cases of Legionnaires' disease-results from the German LeTriWa study; Berlin, 2016-2019. PLoS One 2020, 15 (11), e0241724. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241724.

2. Lück, C., Petzold, M. (2020). Legionellen. In: Suerbaum, S., Burchard, GD., Kaufmann, S.H.E., Schulz, T.F. (eds) Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Infektiologie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-61385-6_36

2019

1. Kolditz M, Lück C. Legionella and Legionellosis. Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2019 Aug;144(15):1030-1033. doi: 10.1055/a-0662-9330. Epub 2019 Jul 26. German.

2. Cervero-Aragó S, Schrammel B, Dietersdorfer E, Sommer R, Lück C, Walochnik J, Kirschner A. Viability and infectivity of viable but nonculturable Legionella pneumophila strains induced at high temperatures. Water Res. 2019 Jul 1;158:268-279. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.009. Epub 2019 Apr 9.

3. Buchholz U, Reber F, Lehfeld AS, Brodhun B, Haas W, Schaefer B, Stemmler F, Otto C, Gagell C, Lück C, Gamradt R, Heinig M, Meisel C, Kölsch U, Eisenblätter M, Jahn HJ. Probable reinfection with Legionella pneumophila - A case report. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2019 Mar;222(2):315-318. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2018.11.001. Epub 2018 Nov 27.

4. Walser-Reichenbach SM, Zamfir M, Seidel M, Lück C, Heinze S, Herr CEW. Guideline VDI 4259 Part 1 "Catalog of Measures in Case of suspected emission-related legionellosis Outbreaks Identification and Investigation of Aerosol-emitting Environmental Sources in the Context of Legionellosis Outbreaks". Gefahrst Reinhalt Luft 2019; 79(9): 334-5.

5. Buchholz U, Dullin J, Lück C, Petzold A, Petzold M, Berges M, Exner M, Jahn H, Lachmann R, Brodhun B et al: Ausbruch ambulant erworbener Legionellosen in Bremen 2015 und 2016 – Erfahrungen, Ergebnisse, Entscheidungen. EpidBulletin 2019, 28:251-257.

6. Buchholz, U., F. Reber, A.-S. Lehfeld, B. Brodhun, W. Haas, B. Schaefer, F. Stemmler, C. Förster, C. Gagell, C. Lück, R. Gamradt, M. Heinig, C. Meisel, U. Kölsch, M. Eisenblätter, and H. J. Jahn. 2019. Wahrscheinlicher Fall einer Reinfektion durch Legionella pneumophila. Epid. Bulletin (1). 1-5

7. Palusinska-Szysz, M., R. Luchowski, W. I. Gruszecki, A. Choma, A. Szuster-Ciesielska, C. Lück, M. Petzold, A. Sroka-Bartnicka, and B. Kowalczyk. 2019. The Role of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Lipopolysaccharide in Host-Pathogen Interaction. Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2890).

8. Lück, C. 2019. Legionellose Diagnostik - Update 2019. Der Mikrobiologe 29 (4) 109-114

2018

Persistent presence of outer membrane epitopes during short- and long-term starvation of five Legionella pneumophila strains. Schrammel B, Petzold M, Cervero-Aragó S, Sommer R, Lück C, Kirschner A. BMC Microbiol. 2018 Jul 17;18(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12866-018-1220-x .PMID: 30016940

Differential development of Legionella sub-populations during short- and long-term starvation.

Schrammel B, Cervero-Aragó S, Dietersdorfer E, Walochnik J, Lück C, Sommer R, Kirschner A. Water Res. 2018 Sep 15;141:417-427. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.027. Epub 2018 Apr 11. PMID: 9685632

Antibiotic susceptibility of clinical Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains isolated in Germany.Koshkolda T, Lück C. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Feb 1;73(2):541-542. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx386. No abstract available. PMID: 29136147

Brodhun B, Prahm K, Lück C, Haas W, Buchholz U. Deutschland spielt eine wichtige Rolle in der Prävention reiseassoziierter Fälle von Legionärskrankheit Teilnahme Deutschlands am ELDSNet. Epidemiologisches Bulletin 2018; (36): 391 – 9; DOI 10.17886/EpiBull-2018-044

2017

2017201720172017

Koshkolda T., Lück C.
Antibiotic susceptibility of clinical Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains isolated in Germany
J. Antimicrob. Chemother; 73(2)
Abstract

Petzold M., Prior K., Moran-Gilad J., Harmsen D., Lück C.
Epidemiological information is key when interpreting whole genome sequence data – lessons learned from a large Legionella pneumophila outbreak in Warstein, Germany, 2013
Euro Surv; 2017; 22(45)
Abstract

2016

Burckhardt F, Brion A, Lahm J, Koch HU, …, Lück C
Confirming Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak by Genome-Based Method, Germany, 2012.
Emerg Infect Dis; 22(7):1303-1304, 2016
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Petzold M, Ehricht R, Slickers P, Pleischl S, …, Lück C
Rapid genotyping of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains by a novel DNA microarray-based assay during the outbreak investigation in Warstein, Germany 2013
Int J Hyg Environ Health; online, 2016
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Wunderlich A, Torggler C, Elsässer D, Lück C, Niessner R, Seidel M
Rapid quantification method for Legionella pneumophila in surface water.
Anal Bioanal Chem; 408(9):2203-2213, 2016
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Essig A, von Baum H, Gonser T, Haerter G, Lück C
Microbiological diagnosis and molecular typing of Legionella strains during an outbreak of legionellosis in Southern Germany.
Int J Med Microbiol; 306(2):109-114, 2016
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2015

Maisa A, Brockmann A, Renken F, Lück C, Pleischl S, et al.
Epidemiological investigation and case-control study: a Legionnaires' disease outbreak associated with cooling towers in Warstein, Germany, August-September 2013.
Euro Surveill; 20(46), 2015
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Moran-Gilad J, Prior K, Yakunin E, Harrison TG, …, Lück C, et al.
Design and application of a core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme for investigation of Legionnaires' disease incidents.
Euro Surveill; 20(28), 2015
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Lück C, Brzuszkiewicz E, Rydzewski K, Koshkolda T, Sarnow K, et al.
Subtyping of the Legionella pneumophila "Ulm" outbreak strain using the CRISPR-Cas system.
Int J Med Microbiol; 305(8):828-837, 2015
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2014

Wewalka G, Schmid D, Harrison TG, Uldum SA, Lück C, et al.
Dual infections with different Legionella strains.
Clin Microbiol Infect; 20(1):O13-19, 2014
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Mentasti M, Underwood A, Lück C, Kozak-Muiznieks NA, Harrison TG, Fry NK
Extension of the Legionella pneumophila sequence-based typing scheme to include strains carrying a variant of the N-acylneuraminate cytidylyltransferase gene.
Clin Microbiol Infect; 20(7):O435-41, 2014
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Bruin JP, Koshkolda T, IJzerman EP, Lück C, et al.
Isolation of ciprofloxacin-resistant Legionella pneumophila in a patient with severe pneumonia.
J Antimicrob Chemother; 69(10):2869-2871; 2014
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2013

Petzold M, Thürmer A, Menzel S, …, Heuner K, Lück C
A structural comparison of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis loci of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains.
BMC Microbiol; 13:198, 2013
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Brzuszkiewicz E, Schulz T, Rydzewski K, Daniel R, …, Lück C, et al.
Legionella oakridgensis ATCC 33761 genome sequence and phenotypic characterization reveals its replication capacity in amoebae.
Int J Med Microbiol; 303(8):514-528, 2013
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Lück C, Helbig JH
Characterization of Legionella lipopolysaccharide.
Methods Mol Biol; 954: 381–390, 2013.
Abstract |

Lück C, Fry NK, Helbig JH, Jarraud S, Harrison TG.
Typing methods for Legionella.
Methods Mol Biol; 954: 119–148, 2013.
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2012

Unger C, Lück C
Inhibitory effects of silver ions on Legionella pneumophila grown on agar, intracellular in Acanthamoeba castellanii and in artificial biofilms.
J Appl Microbiol; 112: 1212-1219, 2012.
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Helbig JH, Jacobs E, Lück C 
Legionella pneumophila urinary antigen subtyping using monoclonal antibodies as a tool for epidemiological investigations.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis; 31(7):1673-1677, 2012.
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Svarrer CW, Lück C, Elverdal PL, Uldum SA 
Immunochromatic kits Xpect Legionella and BinaxNOW Legionella for detection of Legionella pneumophila urinary antigen have low sensitivities for the diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease.
J Med Microbiol; 61(Pt 2):213-217, 2012.
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2011

Farhat C, Mentasti M, Jacobs E, Fry NK, Lück PC 
The N-acylneuraminate cytidyltransferase gene, neuA, is heterogenous in Legionella pneumophila strains but can be used as a marker for epidemiological typing in the consensus sequence-based typing scheme.
J Clin Microbiol; (12):4052-4058, 2011.
Abstract | 

Freudenmann M, Kurz S, von Baum H, Reick D, …, Lück PC, et al. 
[Interdisciplinary management of a large Legionella outbreak in Germany].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz; 54(11):1161-1169, 2011.
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Lück C 
[Legionella pneumophila : genetic diversity of patients and environmental isolates].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz; 54(6):693-698, 2011.
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von Baum H, Lück C 
[Community-acquired Legionella pneumonia : data from the CAPNETZ study].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz; 54(6):688-692, 2011.
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Lee JV, Lai S, Exner M, Lenz I, ..., Lück PC, et al. 
An international trial of quantitative PCR for monitoring Legionella in artificial water systems.
J Appl Microbiol;110(4):1032-1044, 2011.
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