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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Legionella pneumophila Caused by Contaminated Transesophageal Echocardiography Probes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Pierre-Yves Levy ,
Nadine Teysseire ,
Jérôme Etienne  and
Didier Raoult
Pierre-Yves Levy
Affiliation:
Unité Des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France Clinique la Casamance, Aubagne, France
Nadine Teysseire
Affiliation:
Clinique la Casamance, Aubagne, France
Jérôme Etienne
Affiliation:
Centre National de Référence des Legionella Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
Didier Raoult*
Affiliation:
Unité Des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
*
Unité des Rickettsies, CNRS UMR 6020, IFR 48 Faculté de Médecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin 13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France
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Abstract

A case-control study of three cases of Legionella pneumophila pneumonia identified transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as a risk factor. Patient isolates and environmental strains from water used for rinsing TEE probes were identical by pulsed-fleld gel electrophoresis. This is the first report of endoscopy as a potential source of legionellosis.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 8 , August 2003 , pp. 619 - 622
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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