TY - JOUR
T1 - Nosocomial legionellosis in three heart-lung transplant patients
T2 - case reports and environmental observations
AU - Bangsborg, Jette Marie
AU - Uldum, S
AU - Jensen, J S
AU - Bruun, B G
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Cross Infection
KW - Environmental Microbiology
KW - Heart-Lung Transplantation
KW - Humans
KW - Legionella pneumophila
KW - Legionnaires' Disease
KW - Male
KW - Middle Aged
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 7758494
SN - 0934-9723
VL - 14
SP - 99
EP - 104
JO - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
JF - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -