Diving Deep Into Hospital-Acquired Legionella pneumophila With Whole-Genome Sequencing

Hospitals, by virtue of their concentration of susceptible patients, represent a particular risk situation for Legionnaires' disease, with legal requirements for hospital administrators in many jurisdictions to implement and maintain Legionella risk management and control strategies. It is with...

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Published in:	Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 64; no. 9; pp. 1260 - 1262
Main Authors:	Beatson, Scott A, Bartley, Paul B
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Oxford University Press 01-05-2017
Subjects:	Cross Infection Disease control Diving Gene sequencing Genomes Genomics Health risks Hospitals Humans Legionella pneumophila Legionnaires disease Legionnaires' disease bacterium Nosocomial infections Nucleotide sequence Risk management genomics infection Legionella bacteria nosocomial
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Summary:	Hospitals, by virtue of their concentration of susceptible patients, represent a particular risk situation for Legionnaires' disease, with legal requirements for hospital administrators in many jurisdictions to implement and maintain Legionella risk management and control strategies. It is with great interest, therefore, that people read a comprehensive whole-genome sequencing (WGS) analysis of 229 L. pneumophila sequence type 1 isolates by David et al. The study includes confirmed and suspected hospital-acquired patient isolates from multiple hospitals worldwide, associated environmental isolates, and clinical and environmental isolates associated with community-acquired Legionnaires' disease.
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ISSN:	1058-4838 1537-6591
DOI:	10.1093/cid/cix156