Progress in the battle against nosocomial Legionnaires' disease: Shedding light on shades of gray

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 560-562

  Craven, Donald E ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISINFECTION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR CONDITIONING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CROSS INFECTION; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0042431709     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502255     Document Type: Editorial

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