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Environmental Legionellosis and Oropharyngeal Colonization by Legionella in Immunosuppressed Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet ,
Miquel Sabria ,
Nieves Sopena ,
Marian García Núñez ,
Josep Morera  and
Esteban Reynaga
Maria Luisa Pedro-Botet*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Miquel Sabria
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Nieves Sopena
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Marian García Núñez
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Morera
Affiliation:
Pneumology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
Esteban Reynaga
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Universitat Autonoma, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
*
Unitat de Malalties Infeccioses, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, Badalona 08916, Barcelona, Spain
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Abstract

Inhalation of contaminated aerosols is considered the most common route of Legionella transmission. The aim of this study was to determine whether contact with water contaminated by Legionella was related to oropharyngeal colonization in immunosuppressed patients. Eighty-five oropharyngeal swabs (April 1996 to June 1996) were seeded on selective and nonselective buffered charcoal-yeast extract media. Legionella was not isolated.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2002 , pp. 279 - 281
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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