A cluster of legionnaires' disease in a community hospital - A clue to a larger epidemic

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 177-178

  Guerrero, Isabel C ^a   Filippone, Christine ^b  

^a Department of Medicine Rutgers Health Community Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SHIP; STATISTICS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILADELPHIA; SHIPS; TRAVEL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0030095707     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30142380     Document Type: Article

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