| investigation of pontiac-like illness in office workers during an outbreak of legionnaires' disease, 2008. | in july 2008, office workers in dublin complained of influenza-like illness preceding and interspersing two cases of notified legionnaires' disease. legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was identified in both cooling towers supplying the office. a retrospective cohort study was undertaken to investigate possible pontiac fever (pf). forty-seven employees (23%) met the clinical case definition for pf but confirmatory testing was negative. exposure to the smoking area situated beside the cooling towe ... | 2010 | 20202281 |
| legionella: an infrequent cause of adult community acquired pneumonia in dublin. | the commonest infectious agents identified in community acquired pneumonia (cap) amongst 50 patients admitted to a dublin hospital were streptococcus pneumoniae and haemophilis influenzae. legionella pneumophila pneumonia occurred in only one patient who acquired infection abroad. a serological screen of blood bank donors and renal transplant recipients failed to detect antibody to legionella pneumophila supporting the clinical findings of a low prevalence of infection in this community. it is c ... | 1989 | 2793404 |
| legionella in dublin hospital water supplies. | an environmental survey was carried out which consisted of periodic and random sampling of water tanks and showers in two large dublin hospitals. of the samples 5.3% yielded legionella bacteria. legionella pneumophila of serogroups 3, 5 and 6 were isolated from these sites with viable counts ranging from 3.0 x 10(2) - 2.5 x 10(3) c.f.u./litre. the implementation of periodic sampling may, however, not be a worthwhile exercise unless an environmental site has been associated with cases of legionel ... | 1990 | 2318604 |