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題 名 | 2020年南臺灣某地區退伍軍人病群聚事件調查=Investigation of The Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak in Southern Taiwan, 2020 |
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作 者 | 楊韻萱; 劉家慈; 蔡友蘭; 何惠彬; 洪敏南; 段延昌; 林慧真; | 書刊名 | 疫情報導 |
卷 期 | 38:14 2022.07.19[民111.07.19] |
頁 次 | 頁164-168 |
分類號 | 412.42 |
關鍵詞 | 退伍軍人病; 嗜肺性退伍軍人桿菌; 環境調查; 冷卻水塔; 跨部門合作; Legionnaires' disease; Legionella pneumophila; Environmental survey; Cooling tower; Cross-departmental collaboration; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 自2020年12月至2021年1月於南臺灣某地區出現17名退伍軍人病確定病例,疾病管制署會同地方衛生單位進行住家及社區環境調查及採檢,住家附近並無可疑感染源,但鄰近工業區許多工廠具冷卻水塔,為及早控制疫情,於環境檢驗報告未出前進行跨部門合作,協調工廠進行冷卻水塔清消及衛教家戶進行住家水路清消,疫情得到有效控制。部分住家及工業區工廠冷卻水塔雖有檢出Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1,然個案臨床檢體均未檢出細菌,無法進行菌株比對。本波群聚不排除為共同感染源所致,部分個案可能於住家水路感染。 |
英文摘要 | From December 2020–January 2021, 17 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease occurred in Southern Taiwan. The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control and local health agencies conducted home and community environmental inspection and sampling. No suspicious source of infection was found near patient’s home, but many factories near the industrial area had cooling towers. In order to control the epidemic as early as possible, cross-departmental collaboration was carried out before the environmental inspection report was issued. The factories were coordinated to clean and sanitize the cooling tower and the households were recommended cleaning waterway of the house, and thus the epidemic was effectively controlled. Although serogroup 1 of Legionella pneumophila was detected in some houses and the cooling towers of factories, however no bacteria were isolated from the clinical specimens of cases. Therefore, we could not compare the strains from cases and environment. The possibility that this community outbreak of Legionnaires' disease was related with common source of infection and some cases might be infected from the waterway of home could not be ruled out. |
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