Tropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers

We studied the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei in influxes to 46 sewage treatment plants and in stool, mouthwash fluids, and dental plaques of 64 healthy workers in those facilities and 146 disease control patients. T. whipplei was found in sewage water, in stool of healthy individuals, and signif...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2007-03, Vol.73 (6), p.2033-2035
Hauptverfasser:	Schöniger-Hekele, Maximilian, Petermann, Dagmar, Weber, Beate, Müller, Christian
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Actinomycetales - isolation & purification Actinomycetales Infections - epidemiology Actinomycetales Infections - microbiology Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Dental Plaque - microbiology Disease control Environmental Microbiology Epidemiology Feces - microbiology Female Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Humans Male Microbiology Middle Aged Mouth - microbiology Prevalence Sewage - microbiology Sewage treatment plants Tropheryma whipplei Water Microbiology
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Zusammenfassung:	We studied the prevalence of Tropheryma whipplei in influxes to 46 sewage treatment plants and in stool, mouthwash fluids, and dental plaques of 64 healthy workers in those facilities and 146 disease control patients. T. whipplei was found in sewage water, in stool of healthy individuals, and significantly more often in stool of workers exposed to sewage water.
ISSN:	0099-2240 1098-5336
DOI:	10.1128/AEM.02335-06