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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Published in:	Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 108 - 110
Main Authors:	Decker, Brooke K, Harris, Patricia L, Toy, Diana L, Muder, Robert R, Sonel, Ali F, Clancy, Cornelius J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Cambridge University Press 01-01-2018
Subjects:	Epidemics Legionnaire's disease Nosocomial infection Nursing Outbreaks Veterans United States > US Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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Summary:	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.
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ISSN:	0899-823X 1559-6834
DOI:	10.1017/ice.2017.235