Whole-genome sequencing for identification of the source in hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 392-395

  Rosendahl Madsen, A M ^a   Holm, A ^a   Jensen, T G ^a   Knudsen, E ^a   Lundgaard, H ^a   Skov, M N ^a   Uldum, S A ^b   Kemp, M ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Legionella; Nosocomial infection; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PROCEDURES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85020630563     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.04.020     Document Type: Article

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