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La mission d'expertise sur la maitrise du risque de légionnellose à l'hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou croit également devoir rappeler que la légionelle est partout présente dans l'eau et qu'il ne peut être question d'envisager son éradication totale ni, par conséquent, d'espérer garantir la disparition de tout risque de légionellose en toute circonstance.

Ionisation cuivre-argent :

• NOUVEAU :  Experiences of the first 16 hospitals using copper-silver ionization for Legionella
• Liu Z, Stout JE, Tedesco L, Boldin M, Hwang C, Diven WF, Yu VL. Controlled evaluation of coppersilver ionization in eradicating Legionella from a hospital water distribution system. J Infect Dis 1994; 169-919922.
• Lin YSE, Vidic RD, Stout JE, Yu VL.  Individual and combined effects of copper and silver and silver ions on inactivation of Legionella pneumophila.  Water Research 1996; 8-905-913.
• Liu Z, Stout JE, Boldin M, Rugh J, Diven WF, Yu VL.  Intermittent use of copper-silver ionization for Legionella control in water distribution systems- a potential option in buildings housing low risk individuals. Clin Infect Dis 1998;26-138-140.

Généralitées :

• Clinical Manifestations of Legionnaires' Disease
• Laboratory Diagnosis of Legionnaires' Disease
• Antibiotic Therapy of Legionnaires' Disease
• Epidemiology
• Mode of Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease
• Environmental Source of Legionella
• Other Legionella Species including Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent (L. micdadei)

Traitements :

Disinfection of Legionella in Water Distribution Systems

• Lin Yu, Vidic, RD, Stout JE, Yu VL. Legionella in water distribution systems., JAWWA, 1998-90, 112-121.
• Allegheny County Health Department "Approaches of prevention and control of Legionella infection in Allegheny county health care facilities", Allegheny County Health Department, Jan, 1997
• Lin YE, Stout JE, Yu VL.  Disinfection of water distribution systems for Legionella. Semin Resp Infect, 1998;13-147-159.

• Best M, Goetz A, Yu VL.  Heat eradication measures for control of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease: implication, education, and costanalysis.  Amer J Infect Control 1984;12:2630.

• Stout J, Best M, Yu VL. Susceptibility of members of the family Legionellaceae to thermal stress: implications for heat eradication methods in water distribution systems.?Appl Environ Microbiol 1986; 52:396399.

• Muraca P, Stout J, Yu VL. Comparative assessment of chlorine, heat, ozone, and ultraviolet light for killing of Legionella pneumophila within a model plumbing system. Appl Environ Microbiol 1987; 53:447453.

• Yu VL, Liu Z, Stout JE, Goetz A.  Legionella disinfection of water distribution systems:?principles, problems, and practice. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1993; 14:567570.

• Liu Z, Stout JE, Tedesco L, Boldin M, Hwang C, Yu VL.  Efficacy of ultraviolet light on the disinfection of Legionella in a hospital water distribution system. Water Research 1995; 29:2275-2228.

• Goetz A, Yu VL.  Copper-silver ionization: cautious optimism for Legionella disinfection and implications for environmental culturing. Am J Infect Control 1997;25:449-451.

• Goetz A, Yu VL.  Legionella.?In:?APIC and Applied Epidemiology: Principles and Practice.?Infection Control. Mosby, 1996.