Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada

Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicat...

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Autores principales: Picard-Masson, Marianne, Lajoie, Élisabeth, Lord, Judith, Lalancette, Cindy, Marchand, Geneviève, Levac, Éric, Lemieux, Marc-André, Hudson, Patricia, Lajoie, Louise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27314946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160184
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author Picard-Masson, Marianne
Lajoie, Élisabeth
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Lalancette, Cindy
Marchand, Geneviève
Levac, Éric
Lemieux, Marc-André
Hudson, Patricia
Lajoie, Louise
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Lajoie, Élisabeth
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Marchand, Geneviève
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description Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicating a need to suspect occupational exposure for L. longbeachae infections.
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spelling pubmed-49181782016-07-01 Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada Picard-Masson, Marianne Lajoie, Élisabeth Lord, Judith Lalancette, Cindy Marchand, Geneviève Levac, Éric Lemieux, Marc-André Hudson, Patricia Lajoie, Louise Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Two patients with no exposure to gardening compost had related Legionella longbeachae infections in Quebec, Canada. Epidemiologic investigation and laboratory results from patient and soil samples identified the patients’ workplace, a metal recycling plant, as the likely source of infection, indicating a need to suspect occupational exposure for L. longbeachae infections. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4918178/ /pubmed/27314946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160184 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Lemieux, Marc-André
Hudson, Patricia
Lajoie, Louise
Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada
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title_fullStr Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada
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title_short Two Related Occupational Cases of Legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada
title_sort two related occupational cases of legionella longbeachae infection, quebec, canada
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4918178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27314946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2207.160184
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