Mikhailova, D.O., Sklyar, M.S., Nikonov, B.I., Romanenko, V.V., Smirnova, S.S., Bobyleva, Z.D., Leshchenko, I.V., Samborsky, E.V., Turkov, S.B., Klimusheva, N.F., Boyarsky, S.N., Popov, V.P., Baranova, S.V., Amon, E.P., Kozharskaya, G.V., Syrochkina, M.A.

Organization of medical care of patients with pneumonia caused by Legionella during outbreak in Sverdlovsk region

Ministry of Health of Sverdlovsk region; Administration of Federal Service for Surveillance for Protection of Consumers Rights and Human Welfare in Sverdlovsk region; Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology of Sverdlovsk region; Sverdlovsk Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1; Sverdlovsk region territorial Center of Medicine of Catastrophes, Ekaterinburg; Central City Hospital, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Russia

Data on organization of medical care during outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in July-August, 2007 in town Verkhnyaya Pyshma in Sverdlovsk region are presented. Special feature of this outbreak was spreading of infection in boundaries of the town with total population of 70,600 people. Results of organizational work of health authorities in order to provide timely and adequate medical care for patients with Legionnaires’ disease on both outpatient and inpatient levels of care, conduction of preventive measures in foci of infection, coordination of interaction between different medical organizations and services are summarized in the article.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2008, No. 2, P. 107—110