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Legionnaires' disease associated with a hospital water system: a cluster of 24 nosocomial cases.

Helms CM, Massanari RM, Zeitler R, Streed S, Gilchrist MJ, Hall N, Hausler WJ Jr, Sywassink J, Johnson W, Wintermeyer L, Hierholzer WJ Jr.

Ann Intern Med. 1983 Aug;99(2):172-8.PMID: 6881771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionellaceae in the hospital water-supply. Epidemiological link with disease and evaluation of a method for control of nosocomial legionnaires' disease and Pittsburgh pneumonia.

Best M, Yu VL, Stout J, Goetz A, Muder RR, Taylor F.

Lancet. 1983 Aug 6;2(8345):307-10.PMID: 6135832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospital characteristics associated with colonization of water systems by Legionella and risk of nosocomial legionnaires' disease: a cohort study of 15 hospitals.

Kool JL, Bergmire-Sweat D, Butler JC, Brown EW, Peabody DJ, Massi DS, Carpenter JC, Pruckler JM, Benson RF, Fields BS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1999 Dec;20(12):798-805.PMID: 10614602 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionnaires' disease associated with a hospital water system. A five-year progress report on continuous hyperchlorination.

Helms CM, Massanari RM, Wenzel RP, Pfaller MA, Moyer NP, Hall N.

JAMA. 1988 Apr 22-29;259(16):2423-7.PMID: 3352131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionnaires' disease in a newly constructed long-term care facility.

Stout JE, Brennen C, Muder RR.

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2000 Dec;48(12):1589-92.PMID: 11129747 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella dumoffii in distilled water.

Joly JR, Déry P, Gauvreau L, Coté L, Trépanier C.

CMAJ. 1986 Dec 1;135(11):1274-7.PMID: 3536052 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Fatal nosocomial Legionella pneumophila infection due to exposure to contaminated water from a washbasin in a hematology unit.

Brûlet A, Nicolle MC, Giard M, Nicolini FE, Michallet M, Jarraud S, Etienne J, Vanhems P.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Nov;29(11):1091-3.PMID: 18937569 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

More than 10 years of unrecognized nosocomial transmission of legionnaires' disease among transplant patients.

Kool JL, Fiore AE, Kioski CM, Brown EW, Benson RF, Pruckler JM, Glasby C, Butler JC, Cage GD, Carpenter JC, Mandel RM, England B, Breiman RF.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Dec;19(12):898-904.PMID: 9872525 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5: laboratory and epidemiologic implications.

Chang FY, Jacobs SL, Colodny SM, Stout JE, Yu VL.

J Infect Dis. 1996 Nov;174(5):1116-9.PMID: 8896520 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Routine culturing for Legionella in the hospital environment may be a good idea: a three-hospital prospective study.

Yu VL, Beam TR Jr, Lumish RM, Vickers RM, Fleming J, McDermott C, Romano J.

Am J Med Sci. 1987 Aug;294(2):97-9.PMID: 3631124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial legionnaires' disease: lessons from a four-year prospective study.

Marrie TJ, MacDonald S, Clarke K, Haldane D.

Am J Infect Control. 1991 Apr;19(2):79-85.PMID: 2053716 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease by keeping the circulating hot water temperature above 55 degrees C: experience from a 10-year surveillance programme in a district general hospital.

Darelid J, Löfgren S, Malmvall BE.

J Hosp Infect. 2002 Mar;50(3):213-9.PMID: 11886198 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Two fatal cases of nosocomial Legionella pneumophila pneumonia associated with a contaminated cold water supply.

Hoebe CJ, Cluitmans JJ, Wagenvoort JH.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1998 Oct;17(10):740. No abstract available. PMID: 9865992 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease: aspiration as a primary mode of disease acquisition.

Blatt SP, Parkinson MD, Pace E, Hoffman P, Dolan D, Lauderdale P, Zajac RA, Melcher GP.

Am J Med. 1993 Jul;95(1):16-22.PMID: 8328493 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial legionnaires' disease discovered in community hospitals following cultures of the water system: seek and ye shall find.

Goetz AM, Stout JE, Jacobs SL, Fisher MA, Ponzer RE, Drenning S, Yu VL.

Am J Infect Control. 1998 Feb;26(1):8-11.PMID: 9503106 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial outbreak of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3 pneumonia in a new bone marrow transplant unit: evaluation, treatment and control.

Oren I, Zuckerman T, Avivi I, Finkelstein R, Yigla M, Rowe JM.

Bone Marrow Transplant. 2002 Aug;30(3):175-9.PMID: 12189536 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A recurrent outbreak of nosocomial legionnaires' disease detected by urinary antigen testing: evidence for long-term colonization of a hospital plumbing system.

Lepine LA, Jernigan DB, Butler JC, Pruckler JM, Benson RF, Kim G, Hadler JL, Cartter ML, Fields BS.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1998 Dec;19(12):905-10.PMID: 9872526 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An outbreak of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in a renal transplant unit in São Paulo, Brazil. Legionellosis Study Team.

Levin AS, Caiaffa Filho HH, Sinto SI, Sabbaga E, Barone AA, Mendes CM.

J Hosp Infect. 1991 Jul;18(3):243-8.PMID: 1680907 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from hospital shower heads.

Cordes LG, Wiesenthal AM, Gorman GW, Phair JP, Sommers HM, Brown A, Yu VL, Magnussen MH, Meyer RD, Wolf JS, Shands KN, Fraser DW.

Ann Intern Med. 1981 Feb;94(2):195-7.PMID: 7469211 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial legionella pneumonia: demonstration of potable water as the source of infection.

Ruf B, Schürmann D, Horbach I, Seidel K, Pohle HD.

Epidemiol Infect. 1988 Dec;101(3):647-54.PMID: 3215293 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles