Street Cleaning Trucks as Potential Sources of Legionella pneumophila

In 2015, Legionnaires’ disease was diagnosed in a street cleaning worker. We found Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the water and internal foam from the tanks of 2 trucks used by the worker during the incubation period. The internal foam was removed, and a Legionella prevention program was impl...

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Autores principales: Valero, Natalia, de Simón, Mercè, Gallés, Pau, Izquierdo, Neus, Arimon, Jaume, González, Raquel, Manzanares-Laya, Sandra, Avellanes, Ingrid, Gómez, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5652444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29048281
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.161390
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author Valero, Natalia
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Arimon, Jaume
González, Raquel
Manzanares-Laya, Sandra
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Gómez, Anna
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description In 2015, Legionnaires’ disease was diagnosed in a street cleaning worker. We found Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the water and internal foam from the tanks of 2 trucks used by the worker during the incubation period. The internal foam was removed, and a Legionella prevention program was implemented.
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spelling pubmed-56524442017-11-01 Street Cleaning Trucks as Potential Sources of Legionella pneumophila Valero, Natalia de Simón, Mercè Gallés, Pau Izquierdo, Neus Arimon, Jaume González, Raquel Manzanares-Laya, Sandra Avellanes, Ingrid Gómez, Anna Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch In 2015, Legionnaires’ disease was diagnosed in a street cleaning worker. We found Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in the water and internal foam from the tanks of 2 trucks used by the worker during the incubation period. The internal foam was removed, and a Legionella prevention program was implemented. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-11 /pmc/articles/PMC5652444/ /pubmed/29048281 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2311.161390 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.
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Gómez, Anna
Street Cleaning Trucks as Potential Sources of Legionella pneumophila
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