Bangsborg J M, Uldum S, Jensen J S, Bruun B G
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Statens Seruminstitut, Artillerivej, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1995 Feb;14(2):99-104. doi: 10.1007/BF02111866.
Organ transplant recipients are at high risk of contracting Legionnaires' disease in a hospital environment contaminated with legionellae. This study describes the first cases of culture-verified Legionella infections with an established link to potable hospital water in Denmark; three patients operated on at the Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, became infected with legionellae. Environmental and clinical isolates of Legionella pneumophila serogroups 1 and 6 were investigated by restriction enzyme analysis and ribotyping. An ice machine located in the kitchen of the intensive care unit was implicated as a source of infection in two of the three cases.
在被军团菌污染的医院环境中，器官移植受者感染军团病的风险很高。本研究描述了丹麦首例经培养证实的军团菌感染病例，这些病例与医院的饮用水有明确关联；三名在哥本哈根里格霍斯医院心肺移植科接受手术的患者感染了军团菌。对嗜肺军团菌血清型1和6的环境分离株及临床分离株进行了限制性内切酶分析和核糖体分型研究。在这三例病例中，有两例的感染源被认为是重症监护病房厨房中的一台制冰机。
