An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a circulating bathwater system at a public bathhouse. I: A clinical analysis

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-122

  Sasaki, Takashi ^a   Matsumoto, Nobuhiro ^a   Nakao, Hiroyuki ^a   Katoh, Takahiko ^a   Fukuda, Yusuke ^b   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a   Okayama, Akihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b Japan Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Bath house; Legionella bacteria; Legionnaires' disease; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; JAPAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM CULTURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 43049107204     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0592-5     Document Type: Article

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