Legionnaire's disease: a nosocomial outbreak in Turkey

Retrospective study of 30 cases of Legionella pneumonia in the Kansai region

“…The mean period from disease occurrence to first hospital visit was 4.8 days (range [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. This result is thought to be similar to that for CAP in general.…”

“…11 In this study, no nosocomial outbreaks were seen, although several outbreaks have been reported in Western countries. 12 The clinical features of LP (such as high fever, cough, and dyspnea) are often indistinguishable from other features of pneumonia. Because our study was retrospective, we could not evaluate them by the Winthrop University Hospital criteria, which are a clinical measure to identify LP.…”

Evaluation of a Legionella Outbreak Emerged in a Recently Opening Hotel

“…Ülkemizde de sporadik olguların yanı sı-ra otel ve hastane kaynaklı lejyoner hastalığı salgınları bildirilmiştir 5,9,10 . Lejyoner hastalığının atak hızı %5'in altında olup, bizim incelediğimiz salgında da 600 yataklı otelin dolu olduğu dikkate alındığında, altı olgu ile atak hızı yaklaşık %1 olarak bulunmuştur.…”

Nosocomial Legionnaires’ Disease: Risque and Prevention

“…Legionnaires' disease is known to cause hospital acquired pneumonia and may occur as part of an outbreak or sporadically [15,16]. Outbreaks are worldwi de and have been reported from India [17], Turkey [18], Italy [19] Taiwan [20,21] and Poland [22]. These outbreaks are usually due to aspiration of contaminated drinking water, but an oxygen humidifier [23] and a decorative fountain were implicated in two reports.…”