Abstract
The risk of infection and epidemiological surveillance and control of legionellosis depends on the challenges of detecting the Legionella pneumophila DNA in the hospital environment.
Highlights
The risk of infection and epidemiological surveillance and control of legionellosis depends on the challenges of detecting the Legionella pneumophila DNA in the hospital environment
Type 1 is characterized by the high contamination of environment by L. pneumophila DNA (7,9±1,3 per 100 tests), by presence of reservoirs – the oxygen moisturizers and water taps (12,0% and 11,4% positive results relatively), by a frequent isolation of Legionella pneumophila from water (7,1±1,3 per 100)
Type 2: departments with patients suffering from outpatient pneumonias: therapeutic, pulmonological, thoracic departments. They are characterized by the low contamination of environment (2,2±1,0 per 100) and a frequent isolation of L. pneumophila from water (4,7± 1,5 per 100)
Summary
The risk of infection and epidemiological surveillance and control of legionellosis depends on the challenges of detecting the Legionella pneumophila DNA in the hospital environment. P182: Detection of legionella pneumophila DNA from environment of hospitals From 2nd International Conference on Prevention and Infection Control (ICPIC 2013) Geneva, Switzerland. Introduction The risk of infection and epidemiological surveillance and control of legionellosis depends on the challenges of detecting the Legionella pneumophila DNA in the hospital environment.
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