Epidemiological investigation of a case of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in Taiwan: Implications for routine environmental surveillance

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 761-763

  Chien, S T ^d   Hsueh, J C ^a   Lin, H H ^b   Shih, H Y ^c   Lee, T M ^a   Ben, R J ^a   Chou, S T ^a   Fong, C M ^d   Lin, Y E ^c   Tseng, L R ^e   Chiang, C S ^f  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Centres for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Epidemiological investigation; Hospital water supply; Nosocomial legionellosis; PFGE; Routine environmental cultures

Indexed keywords

CEFPIROME; ERYTHROMYCIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NOTE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; SPUTUM CULTURE; TAIWAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 3;

EID: 77953941736     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02890.x     Document Type: Note

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