Abstract |
Organ transplant recipients are at high risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease in a hospital environment contaminated with legionellae. This study describes the first cases of culture-verified Legionella infections with an established link to potable hospital water in Denmark; three patients operated on at the Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, became infected with legionellae. Environmental and clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 and 6 were investigated by restriction enzyme analysis and ribotyping. An ice machine located in the kitchen of the intensive care unit was implicated as a source of infection in two of the three cases.
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Authors | J M Bangsborg, S Uldum, J S Jensen, B G Bruun |
Journal | European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology
(Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis)
Vol. 14
Issue 2
Pg. 99-104
(Feb 1995)
ISSN: 0934-9723 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 7758494
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Cross Infection
(microbiology)
- Environmental Microbiology
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Humans
- Legionella pneumophila
(classification, genetics, isolation & purification)
- Legionnaires' Disease
(microbiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
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