Restaurant outbreak of legionnaires' disease associated with a decorative fountain: An environmental and case-control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  O'Loughlin, Rosalyn E ^a,b   Kightlinger, Lon ^c   Werpy, Matthew C ^c   Brown, Ellen ^a   Stevens, Valerie ^a   Hepper, Clark ^c   Keane, Tim ^d   Benson, Robert F ^a   Fields, Barry S ^a   Moore, Matthew R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

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

^c South Dakota Department of Health   (United States)

^d Legionella Risk Management Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; CATERING SERVICE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SOUTH DAKOTA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 34548729233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-93     Document Type: Article

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