A Fatal Case of Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease: Implications From an Extensive Environmental Investigation and Isolation of the Bacterium From Blood Culture

MeSH terms

• Cross Infection / diagnosis
• Cross Infection / microbiology*
• Environmental Exposure / analysis
• Equipment Contamination
• Fatal Outcome
• Female
• Humans
• Italy
• Legionella pneumophila / isolation & purification*
• Legionnaires' Disease / diagnosis
• Legionnaires' Disease / drug therapy
• Legionnaires' Disease / transmission*
• Middle Aged
• Penicillanic Acid / analogs & derivatives
• Penicillanic Acid / therapeutic use
• Piperacillin / therapeutic use
• Piperacillin, Tazobactam Drug Combination