Article
Epidemiological investigation of a case of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in Taiwan: implications for routine environmental surveillance.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Jun 2010
Chien S T, Hsueh J C, Lin H-H, Shih H-Y, Lee T-M, Ben R-J, Chou S-T, Fong C-M, Lin Y E, Tseng L-R, Chiang C-S
Abstract excerpt
An epidemiological investigation with Legionella and molecular subtyping was conducted to determine the source of a case of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease (LD) who was hospitalized in three hospitals within a month. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3, an uncommon serogroup for infection, was isolated from the patient's sputum. Environmental surveillance revealed Legionella colonization in all three hospitals;...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Cross Infection
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Environmental Microbiology
- Genotype
- Hospitals
- Humans
- Legionella pneumophila
- Legionnaires' Disease