Publications

nosocomial legionnaires' disease. epidemiologic demonstration of cooling towers as a source.	investigation of a recent outbreak of nosocomial legionnaires' disease--initially thought to be due to the documented presence of legionella pneumophila in the hospital potable water--showed that aerosols from one or more cooling towers were the actual source of infection. from june 27 to aug 25, 1983, nosocomial legionnaires' disease developed in 15 persons at a hospital in rhode island. twelve (80%) of 15 case-patients occupied rooms in building 1, unit b, compared with eight (28%) of 29 contr ...	1985	4009880
legionnaires' disease associated with cooling towers--massachusetts, michigan, and rhode island, 1993.	from july through october 1993, outbreaks of legionnaires' disease (ld) were reported from communities in massachusetts and rhode island and from a state prison in michigan. cooling towers (cts) were identified as the source of all three outbreaks. this report summarizes investigations by state and local health officials and cdc and efforts to control these outbreaks.	1994	8022395
from the centers for disease control and prevention. legionnaires' disease associated with cooling towers--massachusetts, michigan, and rhode island, 1993.		1994	8040968
association of legionnaires' disease with construction: contamination of potable water?	to describe two cases of nosocomial legionellosis and discuss the epidemiology of this infection.	1995	7759822
the role of arbitrarily primed pcr in identifying the source of an outbreak of legionnaires' disease.	an outbreak of community-acquired legionnaires' disease (ld) occurred in providence, r.i., in fall 1993. to find the outbreak source, exposures of 17 case patients were compared to those of 33 matched controls. case patients were more likely than controls to have visited a section of downtown (area a) during the 2 weeks before illness (11 [65%] versus 9 [27%]; matched odds ratio, 6.5; p = 0.01). water samples were cultured from 27 aerosol-producing devices within area a. legionella pneumophila s ...	1997	9196197