The effect of a large Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Southwest Edinburgh on acute and critical care services

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1087-1094

  Irons, J F ^a,b   Dunn, M J G ^a,b   Kefala, K ^a,b   Thorn, S ^c   Lakha, F ^c   Caesar, D ^b,d   Cameron, D D ^a,b   Mccormick, D ^c   Mccallum, A ^c   Helgason, K O ^b   Laurenson, I F ^b   Paterson, R L ^a,e   Greening, A ^b,e   Fried, M ^a,f   Hill, A T ^b   Hanson, M ^b,e   Gillies, M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY CARE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BED OCCUPANCY; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84889017572     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct167     Document Type: Article

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