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Hospital washbasin water: risk of Legionella-contaminated aerosol inhalation.
[legionellosis]
The
contamination
of
aerosols
by
washbasin
water
colonized
by
Legionella
in
a
hospital
was
evaluated
.
Aerosol
samples
were
collected
by
two
impingement
technologies
.
Legionella
was
never
detected
by
culture
in
all
the
(
aerosol
)
samples
.
However
,
45
%
(
18
/
40
)
of
aerosol
samples
were
positive
for
Legionella
spp
.
by
polymerase
chain
reaction
,
with
measurable
concentrations
in
10
%
of
samples
(
4
/
40
)
.
Moreover
,
immunoassay
detected
Legionella
pneumophila
serogroup
1
and
L
.
anisa
,
and
potentially
viable
bacteria
were
seen
on
viability
testing
.
These
data
suggest
that
colonized
hospital
washbasins
could
represent
risks
of
exposure
to
Legionella
aerosol
inhalation
,
especially
by
immunocompromised
patients
.