Publications

community spread of legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in temporal relation to a nosocomial outbreak.	to clarify whether a nosocomial outbreak of legionnaires' disease in the värnamo hospital in sweden was part of a wider outbreak in the värnamo community a number of investigations were performed. first, the proportion of cases of legionnaires' disease in a group with nosocomially acquired pneumonia (11%) was compared to the proportion within a group with community-acquired pneumonia (14%) and the difference was found not to be significant (p > 0.05). second, the proportion of the nursing staff ...	2001	11303809
an outbreak of legionnaires' disease in a swedish hospital.	we report a nosocomial outbreak of legionella pneumophila serogroup (sg) 1 infection at the general hospital, värnamo, sweden. from december 1990 to february 1991, 28 patients and 3 staff fell ill with pneumonia and 3 died. l. pneumophila sg 1 together with several other legionellae were isolated from the hot water supply to 17 of 20 hospital wards, probably being spread by aerosolization via shower nozzles. raising the hospital's hot water temperature from 45 degrees c to 65 degrees c, together ...	1994	7984974