Open AccessTropheryma whipplei in the Environment: Survey of Sewage Plant Influxes and Sewage Plant Workers
Author(s) -
Maximilian SchönigerHekele,
Dagmar Petermann,
Beate Weber,
Christian Müller
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02335-06
Subject(s) - sewage , tropheryma whipplei , sewage disposal , feces , sewage treatment , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , veterinary medicine , disease , environmental science , environmental engineering , whipple's disease
We studied the prevalence ofTropheryma whipplei in influxes to 46 sewage treatment plants and in stool, mouthwash fluids, and dental plaques of 64 healthy workers in those facilities and 146 disease control patients.T. whipplei was found in sewage water, in stool of healthy individuals, and significantly more often in stool of workers exposed to sewage water.