Legionnaires' disease

The Lancet

Volumn 387, Issue 10016, 2016, Pages 376-385

  Cunha, Burke A ^a,b   Burillo, Almudena ^c,d   Bouza, Emilio ^c,d,e  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DISEASE CARRIER; INCUBATION TIME; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENICITY; TRANSMISSION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84959475664     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60078-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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