Prevention of hospital-acquired legionellosis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 350-356

  Lin, Yusen E ^a   Stout, Janet E ^b,c   Yu, Victor L ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Special Pathogens Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

disinfection; healthcare associated pneumonia; legionellosis; nosocomial infections; waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; FERRITIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MONOCHLORAMINE; PREDNISONE; PROCALCITONIN; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER;

ACCURACY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFUSION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DEMYELINATION; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFECTION RISK; IONIZATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIC; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLOSIS;

EID: 79960275405     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e3283486c6e     Document Type: Review

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