2010 - Celje (Slovenia)

Place: Assisted Living Facility

Season: Spring/Summer

Source: Water System

Considers biofilms: No

Treatment used prior to the outbreak: Lack of adequate maintenance (stagant water)

Actions in response to the outbreak: Facilities were cleaned; After thermal and chemical disinfection a patient fell ill


Clinical


Environmental


Match

Species/Serogroup

Lp1

Lp1, Lp2-14, Legionella sp.

Sequence Type

ST23

ST23

Match

Monoclonal Antibody Type

Unknown

Unknown

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  References
Title Authors Journal Year More
Epidemiological investigation of a legionellosis outbreak in a Slovenian nursing home, August 2010 Skaza A.T., Beskovnik L., Storman A., Kese D., Ursic S. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2012 Research Article Epidemiological investigation of a legionellosis outbreak in a Slovenian nursing home, August 2010 Alenka Trop Skaza, Lucija Beskovnik, Alenka Storman, Darja Kese, Simona Ursic Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011