Water Cultures Are More Sensitive Than Swab Cultures for the Detection of Environmental Legionella

Water Cultures Are More Sensitive Than Swab Cultures for the Detection of Environmental Legionella

Water cultures were significantly more sensitive than concurrently collected swab cultures (n=2,147 each) in detecting Legionella pneumophila within a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Sensitivity for water versus swab cultures was 90% versus 30% overall, 83% versus 48% during a nosocomial Legionn...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2018-01, Vol.39 (1), p.108-110
Hauptverfasser: Decker, Brooke K, Harris, Patricia L, Toy, Diana L, Muder, Robert R, Sonel, Ali F, Clancy, Cornelius J
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Sprache:eng
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Epidemics
Legionnaire's disease
Nosocomial infection
Nursing
Outbreaks
Veterans
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Zusammenfassung:Water cultures were significantly more sensitive than concurrently collected swab cultures (n=2,147 each) in detecting Legionella pneumophila within a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Sensitivity for water versus swab cultures was 90% versus 30% overall, 83% versus 48% during a nosocomial Legionnaires' disease outbreak, and 93% versus 22% post outbreak. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:108-110.
ISSN:0899-823X
1559-6834
DOI:10.1017/ice.2017.235