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Nosocomial legionellosis in three heart-lung transplant patients: case reports and environmental observations.

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.
AuthorsJ M Bangsborg, S Uldum, J S Jensen, B G Bruun
JournalEuropean 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
PMID7758494 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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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