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Influence of Metal Concentration and Plumbing Materials on Legionella Contamination

Microorganisms, 2022
Legionella colonization of water supply pipes is a significant public health problem. The objective of this work was to evaluate Legionella colonization in hotel hot water systems and to investigate the relationship between metal concentrations, piping ...
Anita Rakić, Darija Vukić Lušić, Anamarija Jurčev Savičević   +2 more
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Serotyping of Legionella Bacteria Isolated from Various Water Systems in the Central Anatolia Region

European Journal of Biology, 2022
Objective: Legionella bacteria are waterborne environmental pathogens that are considered a public health problem because they cause Legionnaires' disease, which is a nationally notifiable disease. Materials and Methods: Legionella analysis was performed
Betül Gümüşlüoğlu, Nesrin Özsoy Erdaş   +1 more
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The Legionella genus core effectors display functional conservation among orthologs by themselves or combined with an accessory protein

Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 2022
The intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila, as well as other Legionella species, utilize the Icm/Dot type-IV secretion system to translocate an exceptionally large and diverse repertoire of effectors into their host cells.
Michael Wexler, Tal Zusman, Marika Linsky, Ziv Lifshitz, Gil Segal   +4 more
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Legionnaires' disease in the renal transplant unit of "Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP": during a five year period (1988-1993) Doença dos legionários na Unidade de Transplante Renal (UTR) do Hospital das Clínicas FMUSP, no período de 1988 a 1993

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1994
Several reports have related Legionella pneumophila with pneumonia in renal transplant patients, however this association has not been systematically documented in Brazil.
Neusa Augusta de Oliveira Mazieri, Cid Vieira Franco de Godoy, Solange Figueiredo Alves, Dahir Ramos de Andrade, Ana Sara S. Levin, Ana Cristina Hablitzel   +5 more
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Cooling tower Legionella pneumophila surveillance results: Vancouver, Canada, 2021

Journal of Water and Health, 2023
Cooling towers have been linked to Legionnaires' disease cases and outbreaks. Legionella pneumophila results (from a culture-based method) are presented for 557 cooling towers across the City of Vancouver, Canada for 2021. Results of 10 CFU/mL or greater
Christopher Radziminski, Phillip White
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Screening of Legionella pneumophila from water sources in the hospitals in Jakarta

Health Science Journal of Indonesia, 2019
Latar belakang: Pneumonia akibat bakteri Legionella masih menjadi masalah di berbagai tempat di dunia; menjadi penyebab 2-15 % dari pneumonia yang perlu di rawat di Rumah Sakit.
Lucky Moehario, T. Robertus, Yuliana Grace, Enty Tjoa   +3 more
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Uncovering Gaps in Knowledge: A Survey of Belgian General Practitioners’ Awareness of Legionnaires’ Disease Diagnostic Testing

Infectious Disease Reports
Background: The incidence of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) is increasing steadily in Europe. Its early diagnosis by general practitioners (GPs) is crucial for better patient outcomes. Study objectives: This study assessed Belgian GPs’ knowledge about LD and
Marco Moretti, Julien Van Nedervelde, Robin Vanstokstraeten, Lucie Seyler, Fedoua Echahidi, Benoit Prevost, Delphine Martiny, Ingrid Wybo, Charlotte Michel   +8 more
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Septic Arthritis Caused by Legionella dumoffii in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus-Like Disease [PDF]

, 2011
We describe a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)-like disease on immunosuppressive treatment who developed septic arthritis of the knee involving Legionella dumoffii. Cultures initially remained negative. A broad-range 16S PCR using synovial
Jeurissen, S.M.F., Franssen, M., Klaassen, C., Flendrie, M., Kwa, D., Vos, F.   +5 more
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Occurrence of macrolides resistance in Legionella pneumophila ST188: Results of the Belgian epidemiology and resistome investigation of clinical isolates

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: The incidence of Legionnaires’ disease steadily increases worldwide. Although Legionella pneumophila is known as pathogenic, systematic investigations into antibiotic resistance are scarce, and reports of resistance in isolates are recently ...
Charlotte Michel, Fedoua Echahidi, Geraldine De Muylder, Max Sewell, Ian Boostrom, Olivier Denis, Owen B. Spiller, Denis Pierard   +7 more
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Contamination of Legionella pneumophila in metro cooling tower water and its influencing factors in a city

环境与职业医学
BackgroundThe detection rates of Legionella pneumophila in metro cooling tower water in various cities are relatively high, while studies investigating the trends of Legionella pneumophila pollution and analyzing its influencing factors are still limited.
Rong PENG, Bin SHI, Huaiji WANG, Junling LIU, Fang WANG   +4 more
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