Hospital characteristics associated with colonization of water systems by Legionella and risk of nosocomial legionnaires' disease: A cohort study of 15 hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 798-805

  Kool, Jacob L ^a,c,e   Bergmire Sweat, David ^d   Butler, Jay C ^a   Brown, Ellen W ^a   Peabody, Deborah J ^a,c   Massi, Daniel S ^a,c   Carpenter, Joseph C ^b   Pruckler, Janet M ^a   Benson, Robert F ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; URINALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0033255498     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501587     Document Type: Article

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