Persistence ofLegionellain hospital water supplies and nosocomial Legionnaires' disease
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Persistence of Legionella in hospital water supplies and nosocomial Legionnaires' disease.
The molecular epidemiology of clinical and environmental Legionella species isolates was studied in seven hospitals from 1989 to 2006. The number of environmental pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns ranged from one to nine according to the hospital. Genomic PFGE pattern persistence was observed in 71% of the hospitals, even after 17 years in some hospitals, and the relationship bet...
متن کاملLegionella pneumophila in residential water supplies: environmental surveillance with clinical assessment for Legionnaires' disease.
Although cases of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease have been epidemiologically linked to residential water supplies, the risk of acquiring Legionnaires' disease from exposure to Legionella pneumophila in residential water systems is uncertain. The residential water supplies of 218 members of the American Legion in six different geographical areas in Pittsburgh were cultured for L. pneum...
متن کاملRadiographic appearance of nosocomial legionnaires' disease after erythromycin treatment.
Radiographic features of 71 patients (48 men, 23 women) with nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia were assessed and compared with those of other nosocomial series of L pneumophila pneumonia. Sixteen patients were assessed retrospectively and 55 prospectively. Chest radiographs were assessed at the onset of the illness, 10 days later, and at 3 months. Erythromycin was given to 67 patients...
متن کاملHospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease: new developments.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease is being increasingly discovered with the advent of rapid diagnostic techniques. This review examines both the clinical and political aspects of this important problem. RECENT FINDINGS New sources are being recognized, including the water supply of pediatric hospitals, long-term care facilities, and rehabilitation centers. Concern by t...
متن کاملPulsed Field Electrophoresis of Genomic Restrietion Fragments for the Detection of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila in Hospital Water Supplies
Pulsed Field Electrophoresis of Genomic Restrietion Fragments for the Detection of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila in Hospital Water Supplies MAN:FRED OTT,1 LARISA BENDER,1 REINHARD MARRE,2 AND JÖRG HACKER~* Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, W-8700 Würzburg, 1 and Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medical University at Lübeck, W-2400 Lübeck...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0928-8244,1574-695X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2007.00362.x