Could an effervescent tablet, prepared with contamined water, create an aerosol containing Legionella? [4]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 77-

  Belpois Duchamp, C ^a   Le Coq, M ^b   Bergeal, E ^a   Duez, J M ^a   Aho, L S ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Service d'Hygiene Hospitaliere   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL; WATER;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; WATER CONTAMINATION; AGED; HOME FOR THE AGED; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NURSING HOME; TABLET;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; NURSING HOMES; TABLETS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0347650289     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1208     Document Type: Editorial

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2. Blatt, SP, Dolan, MJ, Hendrix, CW, & Melcher, GP (1994). Legionnaires' disease in HIV infected patients: 8 cases and review. Clin Infect Dis, 18 227-232.