Neonatal sudden death due to Legionella pneumonia associated with water birth in a domestic spa bath

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2227-2229

  Nagai, Takuhito ^a   Sobajima, Hisanori ^a   Iwasa, Mitsuji ^a   Tsuzuki, Toyonori ^a   Kura, Fumiaki ^b   Amemura Maekawa, Junko ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^b  

^a NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BATH; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

BASE SEQUENCE; DEATH, SUDDEN; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LUNG; PREGNANCY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 6; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037951654     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.5.2227-2229.2003     Document Type: Article

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