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.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Pages (from-to) | 99-104 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISSN | 0934-9723 |
| Publication status | Published - 1995 |
Keywords
- Cross Infection
- Environmental Microbiology
- Heart-Lung Transplantation
- Humans
- Legionella pneumophila
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Male
- Middle Aged