A case of nosocomial Legionella pneumonia associated with a contaminated hospital cooling tower

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 68-70

  Osawa, Kayo ^a   Shigemura, Katsumi ^a,b   Abe, Yasuhisa ^a   Jikimoto, Takumi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^b   Arakawa, Soichi ^a,b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cooling tower; Legionella; Nosocomial infection; Rep PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HOT WATER; LEVOFLOXACIN; REAGENT; STEROID; SULTAMICILLIN;

AEROSOL; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COOLING TOWER; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903599681     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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