Paul B Bartley, Nouri L Ben Zakour, Mitchell Stanton-Cook, Raghuram Muguli, Luis Prado, Vyt Garnys, Katherine Taylor, Timothy C Barnett, Glen Pinna, Jennifer Robson, David L Paterson, Mark J Walker, Mark A Schembri, Scott A Beatson
BACKGROUND: Two proven nosocomial cases of Legionella pneumonia occurred at the Wesley Hospital (Brisbane, Australia) in May 2013. To trace the epidemiology of these cases, whole genome sequence analysis was performed on Legionella pneumophila isolates from the infected patients, prospective isolates collected from the hospital water distribution system (WDS), and retrospective patient isolates available from the Wesley Hospital and other local hospitals. METHODS: Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 isolates were cultured from patient sputum (n = 3), endobronchial washings (n = 3), pleural fluid (n = 1), and the Wesley Hospital WDS (n = 39)...
February 1, 2016: Clinical Infectious Diseases