Incidence of Legionella pneumophila infection in tourists: Italy

Passi, C.; Maddaluno, R; Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani

doi:10.1016/s0033-3506(05)80374-9

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“…The first outbreak of travel associated legionnaires disease in Europe was recognised in 1978 in a party of tourists returning to Scotland from Spain [ 15] and many other travel related outbreaks associated with visits to popular holiday venues have subsequently been identified and published [16][17][18]. However, the number of cases reported after travel to a particular country should always be considered in terms of the number of people who visit that country.…”

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An international investigation of an outbreak of legionnaires disease among UK and French tourists

Joseph¹,

Morgan²,

Birtles³

et al. 1996

Eur J Epidemiol

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Five cases of legionnaires disease and one death were associated with four members of a tour group from the United Kingdom (UK) and one French tourist who all visited Spain in the spring of 1993. The UK group stayed at four hotels, one of which was also used by the French tourist. Phenotypic and genotypic comparison of isolates of Legionella pneumophila obtained from one of the UK cases and the French patient demonstrated that they were indistinguishable from each other and from environmental isolates obtained from the water supply of the hotel at which all five cases had stayed. A cohort study of the UK tour group was carried out to determine the extent of the outbreak and showed that three further members of the group had respiratory illness but were serologically negative to legionella infection. International participation in this investigation has highlighted the value of a European surveillance scheme and the benefit of microbiological collaboration between legionella reference laboratories in Europe.

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An international investigation of an outbreak of legionnaires disease among UK and French tourists

Joseph¹,

Morgan²,

Birtles³

et al. 1996

Eur J Epidemiol

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“…The latter has been felt by some to be the agent of choice. 4 We have undertaken an in vitro study to examine the activity of these agents against geographically diverse, genetically defined MRSA strains.…”

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A Cluster of Legionnaires' Disease in a Community Hospital—A Clue to a Larger Epidemic

Guerrero¹,

Filippone²

1996

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol.

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Six cases of travel-associated legionnaires' disease in Ischia involving four countries

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The detection of travel-associated legionellosis can be extremely difficult; hence, an extensive case investigation is recommended in pneumonia-striken travellers and tourists, who are particularly at risk of acquiring the disease. On the Island of Ischia (Isola d'Ischia, Naples, Italy) a total of six cases of Legionnaires' disease occurred from 1986 to 1990. All patients (one man and two women from Germany, one Austrian woman, one Swiss man, and one Italian woman) had taken thermal baths and stayed in local hotels; they all experienced severe pneumonia, and three of them died. These cases were associated with hotels, and the hot-water supply was presumed to have transmitted the infection. Remedial procedures were applied to the hot-water plumbing of the hotels according to the WHO recommendations and were proved to be effective. The occurrences described in this paper stress the importance of rapid and accurate reporting of diagnosed cases to the country where the infection was probably acquired, in order to ensure early detection of endemic foci and emerging clusters of legionellosis.

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Incidence of Legionella pneumophila infection in tourists: Italy

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

An international investigation of an outbreak of legionnaires disease among UK and French tourists

An international investigation of an outbreak of legionnaires disease among UK and French tourists

A Cluster of Legionnaires' Disease in a Community Hospital—A Clue to a Larger Epidemic

Six cases of travel-associated legionnaires' disease in Ischia involving four countries

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