An outbreak of pontiac fever with respiratory distress among workers performing high-pressure cleaning at a sugar-beet processing plant

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1530-1537

  Castor, Mei Lin ^a,c,d   Wagstrom, Elizabeth A ^a,e   Danila, Richard N ^a   Smith, Kirk E ^a   Naimi, Timothy S ^a,f   Besser, John M ^a   Peacock, Keith A ^a   Juni, Billie A ^a   Hunt, John M ^a   Bartkus, Joanne M ^a   Kirkhorn, Steven R ^b,g   Lynfield, Ruth ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b ALBERT LEA EYE CLINIC   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Urban Indian Health Institute   (United States)

^e NATIONAL PORK BOARD   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^g MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOTOXIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OXYGEN; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILL; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INTERVIEW; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEBULIZER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PONTIAC FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEROLOGY; SPACE; SUGAR BEET; SUGAR INDUSTRY; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VESSEL; WATER SUPPLY; WORKER;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MINNESOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SUCROSE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 20244374117     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428776     Document Type: Article

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