Hospital-acquired legionnaires disease in a university hospital: Impact of the copper-silver ionization system

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-265

  Mòdol, Josep ^a   Sabrià, Miquel ^a   Reynaga, Esteban ^a   Pedro Botet, Maria L ^a   Sopena, Nieves ^a   Tudela, Pere ^a   Casas, Irma ^a   Rey Joly, Celestino ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; IONIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AIR IONIZATION; COPPER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING, HOSPITAL; SILVER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33846164087     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/510430     Document Type: Article

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