Prospective 3-year surveillance for nosocomial and environmental Legionella pneumophila: Implications for infection control

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 459-465

  Boccia, S ^a   Laurenti, P ^a   Borella, P ^c   Moscato, U ^a   Capalbo, G ^a   Cambieri, A ^a   Amore, R ^a   Quaranta, G ^a   Boninti, F ^a   Orsini, M ^a   Branca, G ^a   Fadda, G ^a   Spica, V Romano ^b   Ricciardi, G ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FRESH WATER; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33744784544     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503642     Document Type: Article

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