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In addition, 3 times a week superheated steam (at a pressure of 1 atmosphere) was introduced for 1 hour into the nebulization machines.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S019594170004488X_abs3\"><jats:title>Setting.<\/jats:title><jats:p>A spa at which sulfurous water was used for hydrotherapy by means of aerosol and nasal irrigation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S019594170004488X_abs4\"><jats:title>Patient.<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 74-year-old woman with legionnaires disease.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S019594170004488X_abs5\"><jats:title>Results.<\/jats:title><jats:p>After the case of infection occurred,<jats:italic>L. pneumophila<\/jats:italic>was isolated from the recirculation line at a concentration of 400,000 cfu\/L and from the nebulizers and nasal irrigators at levels ranging from 3,300 to 1,800,000 cfu\/L. The colonizing organisms consisted of a mixture of<jats:italic>L. pneumophila<\/jats:italic>serogroup 1 (12%) and serogroup 5 (88%). The shock treatment with chlorine dioxide and peracetic acid resulted in the eradication of<jats:italic>Legionella<\/jats:italic>organisms from the recirculation line but not from the water generated from the final distribution devices. After the restructuring of the plant and the application of thermal shock protocol, an evaluation after 12 months revealed no evidence of<jats:italic>Legionella<\/jats:italic>contamination.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S019594170004488X_abs6\"><jats:title>Conclusion.<\/jats:title><jats:p>To prevent<jats:italic>Legionella<\/jats:italic>colonization, disinfection treatment is effective if associated with carefully selected materials, good circuit design, and good maintenance practices.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1086\/504364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2006,6,28]],"date-time":"2006-06-28T21:08:14Z","timestamp":1151528894000},"page":"716-721","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Control of<i>Legionella pneumophila<\/i>Contamination in a Respiratory Hydrotherapy System With Sulfurous Spa Water"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"27","author":[{"given":"E.","family":"Leoni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"R.","family":"Sacchetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"F.","family":"Zanetti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P. 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