An unprecedented outbreak investigation for nosocomial and community-acquired legionellosis in Hong Kong

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4283-4290

  Cheng, Vincent Chi Chung ^a   Wong, Samson Sai Yin ^a   Chen, Jonathan Hon Kwan ^a   Chan, Jasper Fuk Woo ^a   To, Kelvin Kai Wang ^a   Poon, Rosana Wing Shan ^a   Wong, Sally Cheuk Ying ^a   Chan, Kwok Hung ^a   Tai, Josepha Wai Ming ^a   Ho, Pak Leung ^a   Tsang, Thomas Ho Fai ^b   Yuen, Kwok Yung ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (China)

Author keywords

Community acquired legionellosis; Nosocomial legionellosis; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOFILMS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84870749625     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.23.022     Document Type: Article

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