Water Cultures Are More Sensitive Than Swab Cultures for the Detection of EnvironmentalLegionella
| Autor: | Patricia L. Harris, Diana Toy, Ali F. Sonel, Brooke K. Decker, Cornelius J. Clancy, Robert R. Muder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Cross infection Hospitals Veterans Epidemiology Legionella 030106 microbiology Legionella pneumophila Disease Outbreaks Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Veterans Affairs Cross Infection biology business.industry Outbreak Pennsylvania biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Equipment Contamination Legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' Disease Water Microbiology business Healthcare system |
| Zdroj: | Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 39:108-110 |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 0899-823X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2017.235 |
| Popis: | Water cultures were significantly more sensitive than concurrently collected swab cultures (n=2,147 each) in detectingLegionella pneumophilawithin a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Sensitivity for water versus swab cultures was 90% versus 30% overall, 83% versus 48% during a nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, and 93% versus 22% post outbreak.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol2018;39:108–110 |
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