Legionella pneumophila contamination of hospital dishwashers

被引：8
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作者：
Yoshida, Makiko [1 ,2 ]
Furuya, Naoko [2 ]
Hosokawa, Naoto [2 ]
Kanamori, Hajime [1 ]
Kaku, Mitsuo [1 ]
Koide, Michio [3 ]
Higa, Futoshi [4 ]
Fujita, Jiro [3 ]
机构：
[1] Tohoku Univ, Dept Infect Control & Lab Diagnost, Grad Sch Med, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
[2] Kameda Med Ctr, Hosp Epidemiol & Infect Prevent Ctr, Kamogawa City, Japan
[3] Univ Ryukyus, Fac Med, Dept Infect Resp & Digest Med Control & Prevent I, Okinawa, Japan
[4] Okinawa Natl Hosp, Natl Hosp Org, Okinawa, Japan
来源：
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL | 2018年 / 46卷 / 08期
关键词：
Infection control; Tap water; Reservoir;
D O I：
10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.024
中图分类号：
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号：
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要：
In a tertiary hospital, Legionella spp were isolated from taps and from ward dishwashers connected to contaminated tap piping. Our investigation revealed favorable conditions for growth of Legionella, and showed that Legionella pneumophila SG6 isolates from the taps and dishwashers were all genetically identical by repetitive-element polymerase chain reaction. These results suggest that contaminated dishwashers might be a potential reservoir for the spread of Legionella in health care facilities. (C) 2018 Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码：943 / 945
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