Legionella bacteria in shower aerosols increase the risk of pontiac fever among older people in retirement homes

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 913-920

  Bauer, M ^a,b   Mathieu, Laurence ^c   Deloge Abarkan, M ^a,b   Remen, T ^a,b   Tossa, P ^a,b   Hartemann, P ^a,b   Zmirou Navier, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PONTIAC FEVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AEROSOLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BATHS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

LEGIONELLA;

EID: 54749105445     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.063784     Document Type: Article

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