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CURRENT ASPECTS OF NOSOCOMIAL LEGIONELLOSIS PROFILAXIS
The nosocomial or hospital acquired infections is one of the most important medical and social problem. Mo- dern strategy of nosocomial infections prevention include prevention of nosocomial legionellosis.
I. S. Tartakovsky +2 more
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Introduction Nosocomial legionellosis has generally been described in immunodepressed patients, but Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3 has rarely been identified as the causative agent. Case presentation We report the case of nosocomial L.
Bistoni Francesco +5 more
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Impact of climate change on waterborne infections and intoxications [PDF]
Progressive climate change holds the potential for increasing human health risks from waterborne infections and intoxications, e. g. through an increase in pathogen concentrations in water bodies, through the establishment of new pathogens or through ...
Susann Dupke +7 more
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Legionella pneumophila: an aquatic microbe goes astray [PDF]
Legionella pneumophila is naturally found in fresh water were the bacteria parasitize within protozoa. It also survives planctonically in water or biofilms. Upon aerosol formation via man-made water systems, L.
Hacker, Jörg +2 more
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Probable Person-to-Person Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease [PDF]
Correspondence to the Editor.Legionnaires’ disease is an often severe form of pneumonia that is typically acquired by susceptible persons (e.g., elderly persons and smokers) through inhalation of aerosols that contain legionella species.1-4 A cluster of ...
Almeida, Sónia +16 more
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Occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers: meta-analysis in occupational epidemiology [PDF]
Objective The occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) is conjectured because of the risk of routine inhalation of potentially contaminated aerosols produced by the dental instruments.
Petti, Stefano, Vitali, Matteo
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Objective of the work was to conduct an extended study of Legionella strains isolated from epidemiologically significant environmental objects during the preparation and conduct of mass events in the territory of the Russian Federation in 2013-2014 ...
S. A. Portenko +8 more
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Presence of Waddlia chondrophila in hot water systems from non-domestic buildings in France [PDF]
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Agustí Adalid, Gemma +4 more
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Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada
Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling ...
Marianne Picard-Masson +8 more
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Bien qu’on ne retrouve pas l’origine de la contamination dans la moitié des cas de légionellose humaine, on sait que cette maladie est la conséquence de la contamination presque obligatoire des réseaux d’installations d’eau chaude par Legionella ...
Bouvet, Elisabeth
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