Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 Legionella is an aerobic, gram-negative, intracellular pathogen and is an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Legionella pneumophila is the most common causative agent of Legionella pneumonia.
Chunhong Bu +5 more
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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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An unusual presentation of a case of human psittacosis [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Chlamydia psittaci is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular organism. Birds are the main reservoir, but also non-avian domestic animals and humans can be infected.
Boelens, Jerina +7 more
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Sessile Legionella pneumophila is able to grow on surfaces and generate structured monospecies biofilms [PDF]
, 2010 Currently, models for studying Legionella pneumophila biofilm formation rely on multi-species biofilms with low reproducibility or on growth in rich medium, where planktonic growth is unavoidable.
Bergé, Mathieu +3 more
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with Legionella pneumonia
Acta Medica Academica, 2011 Objective. The relationship between specific causative organisms and development of ARDS in pneumonia patients has not been explored. Several case reports have described the development of ARDS in patients with Legionella pneumonia.
Marija Kojicic +2 more
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Are liquids an efficient vehicle of healthcare associated infections? A review of reported cases in Italy (2000- 2014) [PDF]
, 2016 INTRODUCTION: In the field of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs), one of the most reported, studied and discussed sources of infections is water, partly due to its controllability, but also because healthcare facilities, especially hospitals ...
D'Alessandro, Daniela +2 more
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Extrahepatic complications of liver transplantation. [PDF]
, 1985 The massive surgical assault associated with hepatic transplantation makes a high frequency of complications almost inevitable. In this review of 225 patient records, selected at random from cases of liver transplantation in Pittsburgh over a 2 1/2 year ...
Shaw, BW, Starzl, TE, Wood, RP
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cases in a community hospital: A 12-month retrospective review
SAGE Open Medicine, 2014 Background: Legionella pneumonia has long been recognized as an important cause of community-acquired pneumonia associated with significant morbidity and mortality; however, the description of the incidence of this disease is restricted to sporadic cases
Sunkaru Touray +4 more
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Cerebellar involvement that occurred during treatment of Legionella pneumonia: A case report [PDF]
, 2013 Legionnaires’ disease can appear with different levels of severity. A case of a previously healthy lady with communityacquiredpneumonia who progressed to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and developed cerebellar dysfunctionis reported.
Canan Agalar, Ozlem Alici
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Occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers: meta-analysis in occupational epidemiology [PDF]
, 2017 Objective The occupational risk for Legionella infection among dental healthcare workers (DHCWs) is conjectured because of the risk of routine inhalation of potentially contaminated aerosols produced by the dental instruments.
Petti, Stefano, Vitali, Matteo
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