Fatal legionellosis after water birth, Texas, USA, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 130-132

  Fritschel, Elyse ^a   Sanyal, Kay ^a   Threadgill, Heidi ^a   Cervantes, Diana ^a  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; CYANOSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LISTERIA; LOOSE FECES; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; UNITED STATES; WATER BIRTH; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; LEGIONELLOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEGIONELLOSIS; PREGNANCY; TEXAS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84919696795     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2101.140846     Document Type: Article

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