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To stop a possible outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease (LD) at an early stage an outbreak detection programme was installed in The Netherlands.The programme consisted of sampling and controlling of potential sources to which LD patients had been exposed during their incubation period. Potential sources were considered to be true sources of infection if two or more LD patients (cluster) had visited them,...
Legionella longbeachae was cultured from the sputum of a patient suffering from Legionnaires’ disease. Source identification efforts included analysis of samples of potting soil from the patient's garden, and a genotypically indistinguishable strain of L. longbeachae was cultured from this material. Following examination of a national collection of Legionella isolates, two more patients with indistinguishable...
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