Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 6: Implication of the sequence-based typing method (SBT)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-216

  Fendukly, Faiz ^a   Bernander, Sverker ^b   Hanson, Hanna Stina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; WARD; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33847288733     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600999118     Document Type: Article

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