Legionnaires' disease and Pontiac fever after using a private outdoor whirlpool spa

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 910-916

  Euser, Sjoerd M ^a   Pelgrim, Manon ^b   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^b Hulpverlening Gelderland Midden Public Health Services   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PNEUMONIA; SPA TREATMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 78549267887     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2010.509331     Document Type: Article

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