Use of sequence-based typing for investigation of a case of nosocomial legionellosis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1707-1710

  Wong, Sallene ^a   Pabbaraju, Kanti ^a   Burk, Veronica F ^a   Broukhanski, George C ^b   Fox, Julie ^a,c   Louie, Tom ^d   Mah, Manuel W ^d   Bernard, Kathryn ^e   Tilley, Peter A G ^a,c  

^a PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE BASED TYPING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANADA; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PORINS; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33845468409     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46754-0     Document Type: Article

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