A cluster of Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella longbeachae linked to potting compost in Scotland, 2008-2009

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Pravinkumar, S J ^a   Edwards, G ^b   Lindsay, D ^b   Redmond, S ^c   Stirling, J ^c   House, R ^d   Kerr, J ^a   Anderson, E ^e   Breen, D ^f   Blatchford, O ^d   McDonald, E ^d   Brown, A ^b  

^a NHS LANARKSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c South Lanarkshire Council   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; COMPOST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GARDENING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOIL;

AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; GARDENING; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLOSIS; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; SCOTLAND; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85044709124     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.08.19496-en     Document Type: Article

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