Giuseppe
Emeritus
Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report (Euro Surveill., abstract, edited)
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19672">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 39, 30 September 2010
Rapid communications
Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report
A Trop Skaza 1, L Beskovnik 1, A Storman 1, S Ursic 1, B Groboljsek 2, D Kese 3
1. Institute of Public Health Celje, Slovenia
2. Primary Health Care Centre Sevnica, Slovenia
3. Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation style for this article: Trop Skaza A, Beskovnik L, Storman A, Ursic S, Groboljsek B, Kese D. Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(39)
ii=19672. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19672
Date of submission: 17 September 2010
We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home in Slovenia in August 2010 affecting 15 of 234 residents. To date, Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in four patients. Further serum analyses and genotyping of isolates are ongoing. The building's water distribution system with dead end sections has been identified as the probable source of infection.
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[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: <cite cite="http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19672">Eurosurveillance - View Article</cite>. Abstract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 15, Issue 39, 30 September 2010
Rapid communications
Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report
A Trop Skaza 1, L Beskovnik 1, A Storman 1, S Ursic 1, B Groboljsek 2, D Kese 3
1. Institute of Public Health Celje, Slovenia
2. Primary Health Care Centre Sevnica, Slovenia
3. Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation style for this article: Trop Skaza A, Beskovnik L, Storman A, Ursic S, Groboljsek B, Kese D. Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(39)
ii=19672. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=19672Date of submission: 17 September 2010
We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home in Slovenia in August 2010 affecting 15 of 234 residents. To date, Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed in four patients. Further serum analyses and genotyping of isolates are ongoing. The building's water distribution system with dead end sections has been identified as the probable source of infection.
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