Distribution of legionella species and serogroups isolated by culture in patients with sporadic community-acquired legionellosis: An international collaborative survey

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-128

  Yu, Victor L ^a   Plouffe, Joseph F ^b   Pastoris, Maddalena Castellani ^e   Stout, Janet E ^a   Schousboe, Mona ^f   Widmer, Andreas ^h   Summersgill, James ^d   File, Thomas ^c   Heath, Christopher M ⁱ   Paterson, David L ^a,j   Chereshsky, Annette ^g,k  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Otolaryngology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^g INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^k NONE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTYPING; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036642514     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341087     Document Type: Article

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