Legionnaires' disease after using an industrial pressure test pump: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Euser, Sjoerd M ^a   Boogmans, Bas ^b   Brandsema, Petra ^c   Wouters, Mieke ^b   Den Boer, Jeroen W ^a  

^a Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Centre   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Industrial pump; Legionella; Legionnaires' disease; Source investigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893820063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-31     Document Type: Article

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