Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India

Proactive environmental surveillance for Legionella pneumophila in hospitals that treat immunocompromised patients is a useful strategy for preventing nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease. We report the presence of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 in 15.2% of the water systems of our tertiary healthcare cente...

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Autores principales: Chaudhry, Rama, Sreenath, K., Arvind, Valavane, Vinayaraj, E.V., Tanu, Sagar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652427/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048287
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171071
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author Chaudhry, Rama
Sreenath, K.
Arvind, Valavane
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Tanu, Sagar
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description Proactive environmental surveillance for Legionella pneumophila in hospitals that treat immunocompromised patients is a useful strategy for preventing nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease. We report the presence of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 in 15.2% of the water systems of our tertiary healthcare center, which should prompt health officials to formulate mitigation policies.
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spelling pubmed-56524272017-11-01 Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India Chaudhry, Rama Sreenath, K. Arvind, Valavane Vinayaraj, E.V. Tanu, Sagar Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter Proactive environmental surveillance for Legionella pneumophila in hospitals that treat immunocompromised patients is a useful strategy for preventing nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease. We report the presence of L. pneumophila serogroup 1 in 15.2% of the water systems of our tertiary healthcare center, which should prompt health officials to formulate mitigation policies. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652427/ /pubmed/29048287 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171071 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Chaudhry, Rama
Sreenath, K.
Arvind, Valavane
Vinayaraj, E.V.
Tanu, Sagar
Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
title Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
title_full Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
title_fullStr Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
title_full_unstemmed Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
title_short Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 in the Water Facilities of a Tertiary Healthcare Center, India
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652427/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.171071
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