du Moulin G C
J Clin Microbiol. 1979 Aug;10(2):155-60. doi: 10.1128/jcm.10.2.155-160.1979.
A total of 195 patients admitted to a respiratory-surgical intensive care unit became colonized with species of Flavobacterium during a 70-month prospective study. By biochemical, cultural, and morphological criteria and a comparison of antibiotic susceptibilities, all patient isolates of Flavobacterium were apparently related. The origin of these organisms was sought. Flavobacterium were recovered from different water-associated areas of the hospital and from the hands of respiratory-surgical intensive care care unit staff. The organisms were also found in university dormitory sinks. The isolation of these organisms from tap water led to their recovery from reservoirs supplying drinking water to the city of Boston and surrounding communities. These organisms are resistant to chlorine concentrations found in municipal water. There was no proven case of pneumonia caused by Flavobacterium in 2,329 consecutive patients studied in our respiratory-surgical intensive care unit.
在一项为期70个月的前瞻性研究中，共有195名入住呼吸外科重症监护病房的患者被黄杆菌属细菌定植。通过生化、培养和形态学标准以及抗生素敏感性比较，所有患者分离出的黄杆菌显然具有相关性。对这些微生物的来源进行了探寻。从医院不同的与水相关区域以及呼吸外科重症监护病房工作人员的手上分离出了黄杆菌。在大学宿舍水槽中也发现了这些微生物。从自来水中分离出这些微生物后，又在为波士顿市及周边社区供水的水库中发现了它们。这些微生物对市政用水中的氯浓度具有抗性。在我们呼吸外科重症监护病房研究的2329例连续患者中，没有确诊的由黄杆菌引起的肺炎病例。
