2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.062_2.x
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Prevention of Legionnaires' disease in transplant recipients: recommendations for a standardized approach

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“…In our series only 5 cases were nosocomial, and tended to cluster from 1985 to 1988. In fact, an outbreak of legionellosis occurred in our hospital in 1985 and since then regular surveillance cultures and control measures have been implemented to prevent contamination of the water system (5).…”
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“…In our series only 5 cases were nosocomial, and tended to cluster from 1985 to 1988. In fact, an outbreak of legionellosis occurred in our hospital in 1985 and since then regular surveillance cultures and control measures have been implemented to prevent contamination of the water system (5).…”
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“…Legionella pneumophila is increasingly recognized as a significant cause of community‐ and nosocomial‐acquired pneumonia in both healthy and immunosuppressed hosts (1). Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients are typically considered to be at increased risk for acquiring this infection, due to immunosuppressive therapy‐related deficiencies in cellular immune function (2–5). Although cases of Legionnaires' disease occurring in SOT recipients have been sporadically reported (6–9), comprehensive information on this infection in this population is lacking.…”
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“…37 Hospital water systems are recognized reservoirs for Legionella transmission, and surveillance cultures have been recommended. 38,39 Pneumococcal pneumonia is one of the most important community-acquired bacterial infections. In one series, invasive pneumococcal infection occurred in 6.4% of lung transplant recipients at a median of 1.3 years posttransplant.…”
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“…Wegen der Bedeutung der Mikroaspiration und der Inhalation für die Übertra-gung von Legionellen [1, 6,9,15,19,20] 3Für Risikopatienten ist die Nutzungseinschränkung von Leitungswasser die optimale Prävention.…”
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“…So gäbe es mit dem WC immer eine Wasserquelle, die infolge Aerosolbildung beim Öffnen des WC-Deckels oder beim Betätigen der Spülung für eine Legionellen-Akquisition in Betracht gezogen werden müsse. Man solle deshalb bei der Aufarbeitung nosokomialer Legionellen-Fälle neben einer Wasserprobe aus dem Siphon des Waschbeckens auch eine Wasserprobe aus dem WC untersuchen.Nachdem nun, wie schon zuvor in der internationalen Literatur[15,19], seit Januar 2006 auch das Robert Koch-Institut (RKI) in seinem Ratgeber Infektionskrankheiten (www.rki.de) darauf hinweist, dass beim Duschen keine nennenswerte Zahl alveolargängiger Aerosole produziert wird, mithin das Risiko für einen Legionellenkontakt durch Inhalation von Aerosol beim Duschen nicht gegeben ist, stellt sich schließlich die Frage, warum Filter an Duschen angebracht werden sollen. Den Wasserkontakt mit den oberen Atemwegen -und damit das Risiko von Mikroaspirationen -kann man beim Duschen leicht dadurch verhindern, dass man das Wasser nicht über Mund und Nase laufen lässt.…”
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