Pseudo-outbreak of legionella pneumophila serogroup 8 infection associated with a contaminated ice machine in a bronchoscopy suite

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 461-466

  Schuetz, A N ^a   Hughes, R L ^a   Howard, R M ^a   Williams, T C ^a   Nolte, F S ^a   Jackson, D ^a   Ribner, B S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FILTER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MACHINE; MALE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; YEAST; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING;

ICE;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 67649752244     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/596613     Document Type: Article

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