[Occurrence of Legionella sp. in water systems of public facilities in Opole Province in the years 2010-2011].

Autor: Matejuk A; Wojewódzka Stacja Sanitarno-Epidemiologiczna w Opolu. a.matejuk@wsseopole.pl, Posmyk U, Simon K
Jazyk: polština
Zdroj: Przeglad epidemiologiczny [Przegl Epidemiol] 2012; Vol. 66 (4), pp. 623-8.
Abstrakt: Aim: Evaluation of colonization of Legionella sp. in water systems of hospitals and public facilities in Opole province in the years 2010-2011.
Material and Methods: Evaluation was based on examinations of warm water in terms of Legionella and reports MZ-56 and MZ-57 concerning incidences of infectious diseases.
Results: Examinations of warm water have shown that significantly proportion of public facilities in Opole province has colonized water systems by Legionella sp. In the group of examined facilities, the highest percentage of buildings with colonization of Legionella sp. in water systems are hospitals (2010--63%, 2011--57%). Despite of noticed colonization of Legionella sp. in water systems of hospitals and other public facilities any case of disease caused by this biological factor has not been recorded in analyzed period in Opole province.
Databáze: MEDLINE