title: Tropheryma whipplei in the environment: survey of sewage plant influxes and sewage plant workers.
abstract: We studied the prevalence of Tropheryma 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Innere Medizin IV, Klinische Abteilung Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. maximilian.schoeniger-hekele@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schöniger-Hekele
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.forename: Beate
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage