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  Vol. 257 No. 9, March 6, 1987 TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Legionnaires' Disease Acquired Within the Homes of Two Patients

Link to the Home Water Supply

Janet E. Stout, MS; Victor L. Yu, MD; Paul Muraca, MS

JAMA. 1987;257(9):1215-1217.


Abstract

Two patients with sporadic community-acquired legionnaires' disease are described. Legionella pneumophila was isolated from sputum specimens, and seroconversion of antibody titers was demonstrated for both patients. Legionella pneumophila was also recovered from the residential water supply of both patients. In each case, the serogroup of the environmental organism matched that of the infecting organism. In one patient, serogroup 3 was isolated—a rare cause of legionnaires' disease, and in the second case, monoclonal antibody testing confirmed that the serogroup 1 organisms isolated from sputum and residential water supply samples were identical. The incubation period of legionnaires' disease is presumed to be up to two weeks. Because of medical problems, both patients had been confined to their homes for the entire two weeks before the onset of symptoms. This is the first report that links acquisition of community-acquired legionnaires' disease to contaminated water supplies within the homes of susceptible patients.

(JAMA 1987;257:1215-1217)



Author Affiliations

From the Infectious Disease and Special Pathogens Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center (Ms Stout and Mr Muraca), and the Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh (Dr Yu).


Footnotes

Use of trade names does not constitute endorsement by the authors or the Veterans Administration.

Reprint requests to VA Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section, University Drive C, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 (Dr Yu).



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