A large, travel-associated outbreak of legionellosis among hotel guests: Utility of the urine antigen assay in confirming pontiac fever

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 222-228

  Burnsed, Laurence J ^a   Hicks, Lauri A ^c,d   Smithee, Laura M K ^a   Fields, Barry S ^d   Bradley, Kristy K ^a   Pascoe, Neil ^e   Richards, Shawn M ^f   Mallonee, Sue ^a   Littrell, Lisa ^b   Benson, Robert F ^d   Moore, Matthew R ^d   Bos, J ^a   Lee, A ^a   Rayno, K ^a   Coffman, B ^a   Grubbs, M ^a   Eberly, D ^a   Minor, V ^a   Botchlet, R ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Lytle, M ^a   McDermott, M ^a   Mathewson, J ^a   Evans, T ^a   Madewell, T ^a   Campbell, S ^b   Bowman, L ^b   Myers, S ^b   Wagner, J ^b   Jones, R ^e   Stone, P ^e   Lin, H ^e   Ibrahim, S ^g   Duszynski, T ^f   Beard, B ^f   Howe, A ^h   Burkholder, S ⁱ   Ramey, P ⁱ   Overholt, K ⁱ   Weber, A ^c   Azene, N ^k   Comstock, D ^a   Mallonee, J ^a   Garrison, P ^a   Powell, R ^j   Stevenson, K ^j   Orr, C ^j   Kostiuk, E ^a   Jordan, L ^a   Hawkins, L ^a   more..

^a OKLAHOMA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b OK City County Health Department   (United States)

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

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^f INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g Montgomery County Health Department   (United States)

^h LaGrange County Health Department   (United States)

ⁱ Elkart County Health Department   (United States)

^j Tulsa City County Health Department   (United States)

^k HSR 7 ^*

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; LP1 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONTIAC FEVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING POOL; URINALYSIS; URINE ANTIGEN ASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAVEL;

EID: 33846142516     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510387     Document Type: Article

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