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Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017 Legionella longbeachae is the primary cause of legionellosis in Australasia and Southeast Asia and an emerging pathogen in Europe and the United States; however, our understanding of the population diversity of L.
Rodrigo Bacigalupe +3 more
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Current perspectives on atypical pneumonia in children [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics, 2020 The major pathogens that cause atypical pneumonia are Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, and Legionella pneumophila. Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) caused by M. pneumoniae or C.
Jung Yeon Shim
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Optimizing production efficiencies of hot water units using building energy simulations : trade-off between Legionella pneumophila contamination risk and energy efficiency [PDF]
, 2019 The energy needed for domestic hot water represents an important share in the total energy use of well-insulated and airtight buildings. One of the main reasons for this high energy demand is that hot water is produced at temperatures above 60°C to ...
De Backer, Lien +2 more
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Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink? [PDF]
, 1999 Biofilms are emerging as an increasing problem as medical technology advances. Dental practice is no exception and interest in the role of biofilms within dental units as a possible source of cross-infection is intensifying. It is difficult to quantitate
Bagg, J. +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 This case details a rapid diagnosis of legionella pneumonia causing severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in an otherwise healthy adolescent through plasma microbial cell-free DNA next generation sequencing (mcfDNA-NGS).
Katherine M. Rodriguez +5 more
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Public health and economic costs of investigating a suspected outbreak of Legionnaires' disease. [PDF]
, 2007 This paper provides one of the first assessments of the burden of both the public health investigation and the economic costs associated with an apparent outbreak of Legionnaires' disease (LD) in South East London.
Harrison, TG +8 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 Extrapulmonary manifestations of infection with Legionella species, of which 24 may cause disease in humans, are very rare. Here, we describe a case of a 61-year-old woman with no history of immunosuppression presenting with pain and swelling of her ...
Drifa Frostadottir +8 more
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New Microbes and New Infections, 2015 In France, approximately 1200 cases of Legionnaires disease (LD) are reported annually, and isolates are available for approximately 20% of cases identified since 2000.
P. Cassier +6 more
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Characterization of Francisella species isolated from the cooling water of an air conditioning system. [PDF]
, 2015 Strains of Francisella spp. were isolated from cooling water from an air conditioning system in Guangzhou, China. These strains are Gram negative, coccobacilli, non-motile, oxidase negative, catalase negative, esterase and lipid esterase positive.
Atwill, Edward +6 more
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