Nosocomial outbreak of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3 pneumonia in a new bone marrow transplant unit: Evaluation, treatment and control

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-179

  Oren, I ^a   Zuckerman, T ^a   Avivi, I ^a   Finkelstein, R ^a   Yigla, M ^a   Rowe, J M ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

BMT; Legionella; Outbreak; Pneumonia; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; BUSULFAN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUDARABINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MELPHALAN; RIFAMPICIN; TAP WATER; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDIFIER; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER DEPRIVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; CROSS INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISRAEL; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; STANDARD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISRAEL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036672232     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703628     Document Type: Article

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