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2451. Hospital-acquired Legionella Pneumonia Outbreak at an Academic Medical Center. A Case–control Study of Risk Factors

BACKGROUND: An outbreak of hospital-acquired Legionella pneumonia, associated with potable water contamination, occurred at our university hospital in November of 2018, despite a longstanding copper-silver ionization system. We conducted a case–control study to examine risk factors for Legionella pn...

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Autores principales: Kessler, Michael, Osman, Fay, Pop-Vicas, Aurora E, Safdar, Nasia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810276/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.2129