Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease through Toilet Flushing

We describe 2 cases of healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease in patients in France hospitalized 5 months apart in the same room. Whole-genome sequencing analyses showed that clinical isolates from the patients and isolates from the room’s toilet clustered together. Toilet contamination by Legi...

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Autores principales: Couturier, Jeanne, Ginevra, Christophe, Nesa, Didier, Adam, Marine, Gouot, Cyril, Descours, Ghislaine, Campèse, Christine, Battipaglia, Giorgia, Brissot, Eolia, Beraud, Laetitia, Ranc, Anne-Gaëlle, Jarraud, Sophie, Barbut, Frédéric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323554/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32568063
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.190941
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Sumario:We describe 2 cases of healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease in patients in France hospitalized 5 months apart in the same room. Whole-genome sequencing analyses showed that clinical isolates from the patients and isolates from the room’s toilet clustered together. Toilet contamination by Legionella pneumophila could lead to a risk for exposure through flushing.

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