In Our Opinion Whats New in Legionnaires’ Disease In Our Opinion includes articles and information we highlight as well as commentary on published peer-reviewed articles and current topics. Legionnaires’ Disease in Children by Yael Shachor-Meyouhas Legionella has not been a prominent pathogen in children with pneumonia. The discovery of Legionnaires’ disease as a community-acquired pneumonia Read More …
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Community-acquired Legionnaires’ disease: Implications for underdiagnosis and laboratory testing
Yu VL, Stout JE. Community-acquired Legionnaires’ disease: Implications for underdiagnosis and laboratory testing. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:1365-1367. Download / Print Go Back
Role of Environmental Surveillance in Determining the Risk of Hospital-Acquired Legionellosis: A National Surveillance Study With Clinical Correlations
by Stout JE and the Legionella Study Group. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 28(7):818-24. Download / Print Go Back
Environmental culturing for Legionella: Can we build a better mouse trap?
Stout JE, Yu VL. Environmental culturing for Legionella: Can we build a better mouse trap? (Am J InfectControl 2010;38:341-3) Download / Print Go Back
Controlling Legionella in Hospital Drinking Water: An Evidence-Based Review of Disinfection Methods.
by Lin YE, Stout JE and Yu VL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 32(2):166-173. Download / Print Go Back