Water Cultures Are More Sensitive Than Swab Cultures for the Detection of Environmental Legionella. (27th November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Decker, Brooke K.; Harris, Patricia L.; Toy, Diana L.; Muder, Robert R.; Sonel, Ali F.; Clancy, Cornelius J.
• Is Part Of: Infection control and hospital epidemiology. Volume 39:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 108
• Page End: 110
• Publication Date: 2017-11-27
• Subjects: Nosocomial infections -- Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Health facilities -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Hospital buildings -- Sanitation -- Periodicals; Cross Infection -- Periodicals; Epidemiology -- Periodicals; Hospitals -- Periodicals; Infection Control -- Periodicals; 614.44
• DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.235
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0899-823X

Abstract

Abstract : Water cultures were significantly more sensitive than concurrently collected swab cultures (n=2, 147 each) in detecting Legionella pneumophila within a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. Sensitivity for water versus swab cultures was 90% versus 30% overall, 83% versus 48% during a nosocomial Legionnaires' disease outbreak, and 93% versus 22% post outbreak. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:108–110