Tags

Type your tag names separated by a space and hit enter

Potable water as a source of Legionnaires' disease.
JAMA. 1985 Mar 08; 253(10):1412-6.JAMA

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 Legionella pneumophila (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.

Authors

Shands KN
No affiliation info available
Ho JL
No affiliation info available
Meyer RD
No affiliation info available
Gorman GW
No affiliation info available
Edelstein PH
No affiliation info available
Mallison GF
No affiliation info available
Finegold SM
No affiliation info available
Fraser DW
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAgedCaliforniaChlorineCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksEpidemiologic MethodsHospital Bed Capacity, 500 and overHumansLegionnaires' DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedWater MicrobiologyWater Supply

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

3968771

Citation

Shands, K N., et al. "Potable Water as a Source of Legionnaires' Disease." JAMA, vol. 253, no. 10, 1985, pp. 1412-6.
Shands KN, Ho JL, Meyer RD, et al. Potable water as a source of Legionnaires' disease. JAMA. 1985;253(10):1412-6.
Shands, K. N., Ho, J. L., Meyer, R. D., Gorman, G. W., Edelstein, P. H., Mallison, G. F., Finegold, S. M., & Fraser, D. W. (1985). Potable water as a source of Legionnaires' disease. JAMA, 253(10), 1412-6.
Shands KN, et al. Potable Water as a Source of Legionnaires' Disease. JAMA. 1985 Mar 8;253(10):1412-6. PubMed PMID: 3968771.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - JOUR T1 - Potable water as a source of Legionnaires' disease. AU - Shands,K N, AU - Ho,J L, AU - Meyer,R D, AU - Gorman,G W, AU - Edelstein,P H, AU - Mallison,G F, AU - Finegold,S M, AU - Fraser,D W, PY - 1985/3/8/pubmed PY - 1985/3/8/medline PY - 1985/3/8/entrez SP - 1412 EP - 6 JF - JAMA JO - JAMA VL - 253 IS - 10 N2 - 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 Legionella pneumophila (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. SN - 0098-7484 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/3968771/Potable_water_as_a_source_of_Legionnaires'_disease_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -