Nosocomial legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5: Laboratory and epidemiologic implications

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1116-1119

  Chang, Feng Yee ^b   Jacobs, Sharon L ^b   Colodny, Stephen M ^b   Stout, Janet E ^b   Yu, Victor L ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029907819     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.5.1116     Document Type: Article

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