Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease through Toilet Flushing

We describe 2 cases of healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease in patients in France hospitalized 5 months apart in the same room. Whole-genome sequencing analyses showed that clinical isolates from the patients and isolates from the room's toilet clustered together. Toilet contaminati...

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Published in:	Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 7; pp. 1526 - 1528
Main Authors:	Couturier, Jeanne, Ginevra, Christophe, Nesa, Didier, Adam, Marine, Gouot, Cyril, Descours, Ghislaine, Campèse, Christine, Battipaglia, Giorgia, Brissot, Eolia, Beraud, Laetitia, Ranc, Anne-Gaëlle, Jarraud, Sophie, Barbut, Frédéric
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01-07-2020 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:	Aerosols Analysis Antigens Archives & records Bacteria Chlorine Cold Cooling Disease transmission Dispatch Fever Fragrances (Toiletries) Genomes Genomics healthcare-associated infections Hematology Hospitalization Hospitals Legionnaires’ disease Nosocomial infections Patients phylogeny Plumbing fixtures Pneumonia pneumophilia Ruxolitinib Spiramycin Toilet facilities Transmission of Legionnaires’ Disease through Toilet Flushing France Legionnaires’ disease toilet transmission pneumophilia Bacteria Legionella pneumophila phylogeny nosocomial infections respiratory infections healthcare-associated infections
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