Cytopathogenicity and molecular subtyping of Legionella pneumophila environmental isolates from 17 hospitals

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Garcia Nunez M ^a,b   Pedro Botet, M L ^a,b   Ragull, S ^a   Sopena, N ^a   Morera, J ^a,c   Rey Joly, C ^a   Sabria, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL LINE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MACROPHAGES; SEROTYPING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL DNA;

EID: 61549111591     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000691     Document Type: Article

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