Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5668352 | Journal of Hospital Infection | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryIn 2012, an elderly immunocompromised man died from legionellosis at a hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. The patient had visited a dental ward at the hospital during the incubation period. Legionella spp. at a concentration of 2000 colony-forming units/L were isolated from the cupfiller outlet providing water for oral rinsing. Isolates from the patient and the dental unit were Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1, subgroup Knoxville and ST9. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and whole-genome sequencing strongly suggested that the isolates were of common origin. This report presents one of few documented cases of legionellosis acquired through a dental unit.
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Authors
C. Schönning, C. Jernberg, D. Klingenberg, S. Andersson, A. Pääjärvi, E. Alm, E. Tano, B. Lytsy,