Outbreak of Legionnaire’s Disease Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 13

Autor:	Toshiro Kuroki, Junko Amemura-Maekawa, Hitomi Ohya, Ichiro Furukawa, Miyuki Suzuki, Tomoka Masaoka, Kastuhiro Aikawa, Kazumi Hibi, Masatomo Morita, Ken-Ichi Lee, Makoto Ohnishi, Fumiaki Kura
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Legionella pneumophila serogroup outbreak pneumonia spa house dual infection Medicine Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 23, Iss 2, Pp 349-351 (2017)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2302.161012
Popis:	In Japan, hot springs and public baths are the major sources of legionellosis. In 2015, an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease occurred among 7 patients who had visited a spa house. Laboratory investigation indicated that L. pneumophila serogroup 1 and 13 strains caused the outbreak and that these strains were genetically related.
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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