Title: Potable Water as a Source of Legionnaires' Disease
Abstract: A three-year epidemic of legionnaires' disease in a hospital was dramatically curtailed following hyperchlorination of the potable water supply. The hypothesis that potable water was the source for the outbreak was further supported by isolation of<i>Legionella pneumophila</i>(the agent of legionnaires' disease) from the hospital water supply, observation that a sudden upsurge had occurred in the number of cases following a peculiar manipulation of the hospital water system, and documentation of a 30-fold increase in concentration of organisms in the water when this manipulation was artificially recreated. Thus, potable water may be an important source of epidemic legionnaires' disease and continuous hyperchlorination a method of control. (<i>JAMA</i>1985;253:1412-1416)
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-03-08
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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