Potable Water as a Cause of Sporadic Cases of Community-Acquired Legionnaires' Disease
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- 16 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (3) , 151-155
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199201163260302
Abstract
The environmental sources of sporadic, community-acquired legionnaires' disease are largely unknown, and culturing of water sources after identification of a case is currently not recommended. We conducted a prospective study of sporadic cases of community-acquired legionnaires' disease to determine whether the environmental reservoirs could be identified.Keywords
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