An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease associated with a circulating bathwater system at a public bathhouse. II: Radiological findings of pneumonia

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-129

  Matsumoto, Nobuhiro ^a   Sasaki, Takashi ^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

High resolution computed tomography (HRCT); Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Outbreak; Public buthhouse; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LOBE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 43049113521     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-008-0591-6     Document Type: Article

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