Nosocomial Neonatal Legionellosis Associated with Water In Infant Formula, Taiwan

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1921-1924

  Wei, Sung Hsi ^a,b   Chou, Pesus ^b   Tseng, Lei Ron ^a   Lin, Hung Chih ^c   Wang, Jen Hsien ^c   Sheu, Ji Nan ^d   Liu, Ming Tsan ^a   Liu, Fang Ching ^e   Wu, Hoa Hsin ^a   Lin, Min Cheng ^a   Ko, Ching Fen ^a   Lin, Hsiang Yu ^c   Kao, Pei Hsiu ^a   Hwang, Kao Pin ^c   Hsu, Yu Lung ^c   Kuo, Tsung Lin ^a   Chiang, Chuen Sheue ^a,f  

^a Centers for Disease Control   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e JEN AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN;

APPETITE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FEVER; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; NEWBORN; NOSOCOMIAL NEONATAL LEGIONELLOSIS; PNEUMATOCELE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WATER CONTAMINATION; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; TAIWAN;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLOSIS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TAIWAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84908101970     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.140542     Document Type: Article

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