Research that Begins with a Patient in Front of You: Legionella Bacteria in Puddles on Roads

DOI

10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.022How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Legionnaires’ disease; Legionella pneumophila; traffic accident; evaporator; puddle; global warming

Abstract

In this article, I would like to describe researches that begin with a patient transferred to an emergency department of a local hospital in a rainy season. A patient transported after a car accident turned out to have Legionnaires’ disease (LD). Although the causal relationship is unknown, Legionella genes were detected in the evaporator of the car driven by the patient. In the process of searching for the source of the infection, it was found that Legionella pneumophila prevalently exists in puddles on the road. Legionella bacteria can be detected in the water from rain, well, river, tap, puddle in Indonesia too. It should be recognized that Legionella pneumophila can be frequently exposed to in the daily living environment. The frequency of LD should be monitored in various regions, especially among patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia at the core hospitals.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ryota Sakamoto
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/21
TI  - Research that Begins with a Patient in Front of You: Legionella Bacteria in Puddles on Roads
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Global Health and Innovation in conjunction with 6th ORL Head and Neck Oncology Conference (ORLHN 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 107
EP  - 109
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.022
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.022
ID  - Sakamoto2022
ER  -