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Tractable Mammalian Cell Infections with Protozoan-primed Bacteria
Published on: April 2, 2013
まとめ
レジオネール病の発生は,汚染された冷却塔と関連付けられる. この研究では,ホテルの冷却塔がアウトブレイクの源であると特定され,汚染された空気は煙突を通って会議室に入ります.
科学分野:
- 環境衛生 環境衛生 環境衛生
- 感染症疫学 感染症疫学
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
背景:
- レジオネレス病 (Legionnaires' disease,LD) はレジオネラ菌によって引き起こされる重度の肺炎である.
- LDの発生源を特定することは,公衆衛生の介入にとって極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- ウィスコンシン州のホテル・コンプレックスで発生したレジオネール病の発生源と感染経路を調査する.
- ホテルの客の間でLDの発生に寄与する特定の要因を決定する.
主な方法:
- ホテルコンプレックスに関連した13件のLD症例の疫学調査.
- ホテルの冷却塔からレジオネラ肺炎菌の環境採取と隔離.
- 冷却塔から室内空間への空気中感染の可能性を評価するためのエアトラッサー研究.
主要な成果:
- レジオネール病の症例は,Aビル,特に会議室1を訪れた個人に集中していました.
- 建物Aの冷却塔の水にレギオネラ肺炎菌が検出されました.
- エアトレーサーの研究では,冷却塔の排気ガスが開いたダッパーのある煙突を通って会議室1に入ることができることを確認しました.
結論:
- ホテルの冷却塔は,レジオネラ菌の発生源である可能性が高い.
- 冷却塔から煙突経由で会議室1へバクテリアが空気中に拡散することで,病気の伝染が容易になった.
- 冷却塔の水を継続的に高塩素化し,煙突を密封することで,感染を効果的に制御した.
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