Legionnaires' Disease and Use of Water Dispensers With an Ultraviolet Sterilizer

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Apr;39(4):502-504. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.4. Epub 2018 Mar 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / microbiology
  • Cross Infection* / epidemiology
  • Cross Infection* / etiology
  • Cross Infection* / microbiology
  • Cross Infection* / prevention & control
  • Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
  • Equipment and Supplies, Hospital / microbiology
  • Female
  • Food Dispensers, Automatic / instrumentation*
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Legionella pneumophila* / isolation & purification
  • Legionella pneumophila* / pathogenicity
  • Legionnaires' Disease* / diagnosis
  • Legionnaires' Disease* / epidemiology
  • Legionnaires' Disease* / etiology
  • Legionnaires' Disease* / prevention & control
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Respiratory Aspiration* / complications
  • Respiratory Aspiration* / microbiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Sterilization / methods
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Water Microbiology
  • Water Supply* / methods
  • Water Supply* / standards