Energy Conservation and the Promotion of Legionella pneumophila Growth: The Probable Role of Heat Exchangers in a Nosocomial Outbreak

OBJECTIVE: To determine the source of a Legionella pneumophila serogroup 5 nosocomial outbreak and the role of the heat exchanger installed on the hot water system within the previous year. SETTING: A 400-bed tertiary care university hospital in Sherbrooke, Canada. METHODS: Hot water samples were co...

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Autores principales: Bédard, Emilie, Lévesque, Simon, Martin, Philippe, Pinsonneault, Linda, Paranjape, Kiran, Lalancette, Cindy, Dolcé, Charles-Éric, Villion, Manuela, Valiquette, Louis, Faucher, Sébastien P., Prévost, Michèle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5197645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27640674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.205

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5197645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27640674
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2016.205

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