Resumen de Nosocomial (Health Care–Associated) Legionnaire's Disease
Shanu Agarwal, Virginia Abell, Thomas M. File
Nosocomial Legionnaire's disease is most frequently associated with presence of the organism in hospital water systems. Patients are often susceptible as a result of age, underlying comorbidities, or immunosuppression. Prevention focuses on reducing the reservoir within water systems and includes super heating, ultraviolent light, chlorination, silver-copper ionization, and distal filtration. This article reviews the epidemiology of health care–associated Legionnaire's disease, reviews characteristics of several health care–associated outbreaks, and discusses strategies to prevent health care–associated infection.
