A hospital outbreak of Legionella from a contaminated water supply

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-159

  Tercělj Zorman, Marjeta ^a   Seljak, Marija ^b   Stare, Janez ^c   Mencinger, Jože ^d   Rakovec, Jože ^c   Rylander, Ragnar ^e   Strle, Franc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^d General Hospital Jesenice   (Slovenia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Hospital personnel; Legionellosis; Transmission; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INPATIENTS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1;

EID: 23844517693     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.3.156-159     Document Type: Article

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