Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 outbreak associated with persistent colonization of a hospital water system

APMIS

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 863-868

  Perola, Outi ^a,b   Kauppinen, J ^a   Kusnetsov, J ^c   Heikkinen, J ^a,d   Jokinen, C ^a   Katila, M L ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

AFLP; Legionella; Nosocomial; RAPD

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISINFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FINLAND; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SEROTYPING; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036988982     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101204.x     Document Type: Article

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