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Volume 28, Number 4—April 2022
Dispatch

Vehicle Windshield Wiper Fluid as Potential Source of Sporadic Legionnaires’ Disease in Commercial Truck Drivers

Julieta Politi, Andreu Queralt, Natalia Valero, Maria T. Martín-Gómez, Raquel González Durán, Elena Parra, Sara Sabaté Camps, Ingrid Avellanés, Anna Hernández-Pineda, Eva Masdeu, Cristina RiusComments to Author , and Dolores Álamo-Junquera
Author affiliations: Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain (J. Politi); Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Barcelona (J. Politi, A. Queralt, N. Valero, R. González Durán, E. Parra, S. Sabaté Camps, I. Avellanés, A. Hernández-Pineda, E. Masdeu, C. Rius, D. Álamo-Junquera); Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona (M.T. Martín-Gómez); Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Barcelona (C. Rius); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (C. Rius); Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona (C. Rius); Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona (D. Álamo-Junquera)

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Table

Results of Legionella testing in clinical and environmental specimens related to commercial truck drivers, Barcelona, Spain, 2019–2020

Case-patient Specimen Test Test results Interpretation
1 Urine Urinary antigen Positive Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1
Windshield wiper fluid PCR Positive L. pneumophila
Windshield wiper fluid
 Culture
 Negative
 NA
2 Urine Urinary antigen Positive L. pneumophila serogroup 1
Windshield wiper fluid PCR Negative NA
Windshield wiper fluid Culture Positive Legionella spp.

*NA, not applicable.

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