Community-acquired Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 10 linked to the private home

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 240-243

  Lück, Paul Christian ^a   Schneider, Thomas ^b   Wagner, Jutta ^b   Walther, Ilona ^c   Reif, Ursula ^c   Weber, Stefan ^d   Weist, Klaus ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin ^*  (Germany)

^d Inst f Med Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; HOME; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPE; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGED; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; SEPSIS; SEROTYPING; URINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 38949191642     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47382-0     Document Type: Article

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