Primer: Legionellosis: Why should I test and report?

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1538-1542

  Marrie, Thomas J ^a   Garay, Jason R ^b   Weir, Erica ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Infectious Diseases Control Division   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CREATINE KINASE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIVER ENZYME; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANADA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; INCIDENT REPORT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; URINALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; MANDATORY REPORTING; MANDATORY TESTING; PATHOGENICITY; RISK FACTOR;

CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MANDATORY REPORTING; MANDATORY TESTING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77958055720     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.082030     Document Type: Article

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