Pseudo-outbreak of Legionnaires disease among patients undergoing bronchoscopy - Arizona, 2008

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 58, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 849-854

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ICE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EPIDEMIC; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYRINGE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ARIZONA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICE; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SYRINGES;

EID: 68849093991     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
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