First reported isolation of an emerging opportunistic pathogen (Elizabethkingia anophelis) from hospital water systems in Greece-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

First reported isolation of an emerging opportunistic pathogen (Elizabethkingia anophelis) from hospital water systems in Greece

Published:2017-11-30 Issue:1 Volume:16 Page:164-170
ISSN:1477-8920
Container-title:Journal of Water and Health
language:en
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Author:

Kyritsi Maria A.¹,Mouchtouri Varvara A.¹,Pournaras Spyros²,Hadjichristodoulou Christos¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical School, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

2. Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Abstract

Abstract After the Elizabethkingia anophelis outbreak in Wisconsin, USA, an active search for the detection of the microorganism in hospital water systems from Central and Northern Greece was performed from June to December 2016. In total, 457 water samples from 11 hospitals were analyzed. Elizabethkingia spp. was detected in three samples collected from two hospitals, both of which are located in Northern Greece. Two of the three isolated strains were identified as Elizabethkingia anophelis. No cases of Elizabethkingia infection were reported in either hospital during 2016. This is the first reported isolation of the pathogen in water supply systems in Greece.

Publisher

IWA Publishing

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Waste Management and Disposal,Water Science and Technology

Link

http://iwaponline.com/jwh/article-pdf/16/1/164/240105/jwh0160164.pdf

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