Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece
Healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease often leads to fatal respiratory tract infection among hospitalized patients. In this report, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among patients in two different hospitals (Hospital A and Hospital B) were investigated. After conducting an epidemiologic an...
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| author | Maria A. Kyritsi Varvara A. Mouchtouri Anna Katsiafliaka Foteini Kolokythopoulou Elias Plakokefalos Vasileios Nakoulas George Rachiotis Christos Hadjichristodoulou |
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| description | Healthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease often leads to fatal respiratory tract infection among hospitalized patients. In this report, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among patients in two different hospitals (Hospital A and Hospital B) were investigated. After conducting an epidemiologic and environmental investigation, the water distribution systems (WDSs) were identified as the possible source of infection, as Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) was isolated from both clinical and environmental samples. Patients received aerosol therapy with nebulizers during their hospitalization. Based on the results of the investigation, the hospitals’ infection control committees reviewed their policies for Legionnaires’ disease prevention and implemented control measures focusing on using sterile fluids for aerosol treatments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b329be083b141bdaa427522d5659dbe2025-02-03T05:49:43ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332018-01-01201810.1155/2018/25707582570758Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central GreeceMaria A. Kyritsi0Varvara A. Mouchtouri1Anna Katsiafliaka2Foteini Kolokythopoulou3Elias Plakokefalos4Vasileios Nakoulas5George Rachiotis6Christos Hadjichristodoulou7Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreecePeripheral Public Health Laboratory of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceDepartment of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larissa, GreeceHealthcare-associated Legionnaires’ disease often leads to fatal respiratory tract infection among hospitalized patients. In this report, three cases of Legionnaires’ disease among patients in two different hospitals (Hospital A and Hospital B) were investigated. After conducting an epidemiologic and environmental investigation, the water distribution systems (WDSs) were identified as the possible source of infection, as Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (Lp1) was isolated from both clinical and environmental samples. Patients received aerosol therapy with nebulizers during their hospitalization. Based on the results of the investigation, the hospitals’ infection control committees reviewed their policies for Legionnaires’ disease prevention and implemented control measures focusing on using sterile fluids for aerosol treatments.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/2570758 |
| spellingShingle | Maria A. Kyritsi Varvara A. Mouchtouri Anna Katsiafliaka Foteini Kolokythopoulou Elias Plakokefalos Vasileios Nakoulas George Rachiotis Christos Hadjichristodoulou Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece |
| title_full | Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece |
| title_fullStr | Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece |
| title_short | Clusters of Healthcare-Associated Legionnaires’ Disease in Two Hospitals of Central Greece |
| title_sort | clusters of healthcare associated legionnaires disease in two hospitals of central greece |
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