ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2020
Transmission of Legionnaires' Disease through Toilet Flushing.
Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Case of Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Infection Linked to Water Flosser, France.Emerging infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Exploring toilet plume bioaerosol exposure dynamics in public toilets using a Design of Experiments approach.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Inadequate sanitation in healthcare facilities: A comprehensive evaluation of toilets in major hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh.PloS one · 2024Article
- Potentially Virulent Multi-Drug ResistantDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Tenets of a holistic approach to drinking water-associated pathogen research, management, and communication.Water research · 2022Review
- Toilet hygiene-review and research needs.Journal of applied microbiology · 2021Review
- Aerosol generation in public restrooms.Physics of fluids (Woodbury, N.Y. : 1994) · 2021Article
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Abstract
We describe 2 cases of healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease in patients in France hospitalized 5 months apart in the same room. Whole-genome sequencing analyses showed that clinical isolates from the patients and isolates from the room's toilet clustered together. Toilet contamination by Legionella pneumophila could lead to a risk for exposure through flushing.
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