Rampling A, Butt CJ, West AA, Tully M, Palmer KT. Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease following minimal exposure to a contaminated source.
J Infect 1997;
35:300-2. [PMID:
9459407 DOI:
10.1016/s0163-4453(97)93346-6]
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Abstract
A case of community-acquired Legionnaires' disease (LD) is described. The source of infection was traced to a push-on tap at the end of a long spur from the hot circulation system in a large old residential building which had been unoccupied for several weeks. Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 subgroup Pontiac was isolated from the patient's sputum and from the contaminated water supply. Isolates were shown to be indistinguishable from one another when subtyped by pulsed field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA.
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