Best M, Yu VL, Stout J, Goetz A, Muder RR, Taylor F. “Legionellaceae in the Hospital Water Supply: Epidemiological Link with Disease and Evaluation of a Method for Control of Nosocomial Legionnaires’ Disease and Pittsburgh Pneumonia Agent.” Lancet. 1983;2:307310. Download / Print Go Back
Category: Publications
Approaches of prevention and control of Legionella infection in Allegheny county health care facilities
Allegheny County Health Department, Approaches of prevention and control of Legionella infection in Allegheny county health care facilities, Allegheny County Health Department, Jan, 1997. Download / Print Go Back
A proactive approach to prevention of health care–acquired Legionnaires’ disease: The Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) experience
by Squier CL, Association for Professionals in Infection Control – 3 Rivers Chapter, and the Allegheny County Health Dept. (American Journal of Infection Control, 2005) Download / Print Go Back
ACHD Guidelines
Special Pathogens Laboratory Download / Print Go Back
Can Legionnaires Disease Be Diagnosed by Clinical Criteria?
Mulazimoglu L, Yu VL. Can Legionnaires’ disease be diagnosed by clinical criteria? Chest 2001;120:1049-1053 Download / Print Go Back
Keeping Legionella out of water systems.
Sidari FP III, Stout JE, VanBriesen JM, Bowman AM, Grubb D , Neuner A, Wagener MM, Yu VL. 2004. Keeping Legionella out of water systems. JAWWA, 96(1):111-119. Download / Print Go Back
Resolving the Controversy on Environmental Cultures for Legionella: A Modest Proposal
Yu, V.L., “Resolving the Controversy on Environmental Cultures for Legionella: A Modest Proposal” Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 19, pp. 893-897, 1998. Download / Print Go Back
The ubiquitousness of Legionella pneumophila in the water supply of a hospital with endemic Legionnaires’ disease.
Stout J, Yu VL, Vickers RM, Zuravleff J, Best M, Brown A, Yee RB, Wadowsky R.”The ubiquitousness of Legionella pneumophila in the water supply of a hospital with endemic Legionnaires’ disease.”N Engl J Med 1982;306:466468. Download / Print Go Back
Prevention of Legionnaires’ disease in transplant recipients: recommendations for a standardized approach.
Prevention of Legionnaires’ disease in transplant recipients: recommendations for a standardized approach. Singh, N., Stout JE, Yu VL. Prevention of Legionnaires’ disease in transplant recipients: recommendations for a standardized approach. Transplant Infectious Diseases 2004. 6:58-62, Download / Print Go Back
Legionella control by chlorine dioxide in hospital water systems
Zhang Z, McCann C, Hanrahan J, Jencson A, Joyce D, Fyffe S, Piesczynski S, Hawks R, Stout JE, Yu VL. Legionella control by chlorine dioxide in hospital water systems. JAWWA, 2009, 101(5): 117-127. Download / Print Go Back