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Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report.
Euro Surveill. 2010 Sep 30; 15(39):19672.ES

Abstract

We report an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease ina 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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Trop Skaza A
Institute of Public Health Celje, Slovenia. alenka.skaza@zzv-ce.si
Beskovnik L
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Storman A
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Ursic S
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Groboljsek B
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Kese D
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MeSH

AgedAged, 80 and overCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksFemaleGenotypeHomes for the AgedHospitalizationHumansLegionellaLegionnaires' DiseaseMaleMiddle AgedNursing HomesRisk FactorsSloveniaWater MicrobiologyWater Supply

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

20929657

Citation

Trop Skaza, A, et al. "Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in a Nursing Home, Slovenia, August 2010: Preliminary Report." Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 39, 2010, p. 19672.
Trop Skaza A, Beskovnik L, Storman A, et al. Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report. Euro Surveill. 2010;15(39):19672.
Trop Skaza, A., Beskovnik, L., Storman, A., Ursic, S., Groboljsek, B., & Kese, D. (2010). Outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in a nursing home, Slovenia, August 2010: preliminary report. Euro Surveillance : Bulletin Europeen Sur Les Maladies Transmissibles = European Communicable Disease Bulletin, 15(39), 19672.
Trop Skaza A, et al. Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease in a Nursing Home, Slovenia, August 2010: Preliminary Report. Euro Surveill. 2010 Sep 30;15(39):19672. PubMed PMID: 20929657.
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