The presence of a specific genotype of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in a hospital and municipal water distribution system over a 12-year period

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 6-7, 2004, Pages 417-423

  Darelid, Johan ^a   Bernander, Sverker ^b   Jacobson, Kerstin ^b   Löfgren, Sture ^a  

^a RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SWEDEN; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 300 TO 499; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SWEDEN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 4143146401     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020749     Document Type: Article

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