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: Epidemiology
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
Hospital-acquired legionellosis: solutions for a preventable infection.
Sabria M, Yu VL. Hospital-acquired legionellosis: solutions for a preventable infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2002;2:368-73 Download / Print Go Back
Hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease: new developments
Stout JE, Yu VL. Hospital-acquired Legionnaires’ disease: new developments. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2003 Aug;16(4):337-41. Download / Print Go Back
Legionella as a cause of severe pneumonia.
Vergis EN, Akbas E, Yu VL. Legionella as a cause of severe pneumonia. Sem Resp Crit Care Med 2000;21:295-304. Download / Print Go Back
Legionella pneumophila in residential water supplies: environmental surveillance with clinical assessment for Legionnaires’ disease.
Stout JE, Yu VL, Yee YC, Vaccarello S, Diven W, Lee TC.”Legionella pneumophila in residential water supplies: environmental surveillance with clinical assessment for Legionnaires’ disease.”Epidemiol Infect 1992;30:537539. Download / Print Go Back
Neonatal legionellosis: the tip of the iceberg for pediatric hospital-acquired pneumonia?
Yu VL, Lee TC. Neonatal legionellosis: the tip of the iceberg for pediatric hospital-acquired pneumonia? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Mar;29(3):282-4. Download / Print Go Back
New directions for future studies of community-acquired pneumonia: optimizing impact on patient care
Vergis E, Yu VL. New directions for future studies of community-acquired pneumonia: optimizing impact on patient care. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000;18:847-851. Download / Print Go Back
Nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease discovered in community hospitals following cultures of the water system: seek and ye shall find.
Goetz AM, Stout JE, Jacobs SL, Fisher MA, Ponzer RE, Drenning S, Yu VL. “Nosocomial Legionnaires’ disease discovered in community hospitals following cultures of the water system: seek and ye shall find.” Am J Infect Control 1998;26:8-11. Download / Print Go Back
Pedtatric legionelloisis. Implications for underdiagnosis.
Greenberg D, Chiou C, Famigilleti R, Lee T, Yu VL. Pedtatric legionelloisis. implications for underdiagnosis. Lancet Infect Dis 2006 August ; 6: 529-535. Download / Print Go Back