| legionella infections in scotland: 1997. | | 1998 | 9854884 |
| the effect of a large legionnaires' disease outbreak in southwest edinburgh on acute and critical care services. | the largest outbreak of legionnaires disease (ld) in the uk for a decade occurred in edinburgh in june 2012. we describe the clinical and public health management of the outbreak. | 2013 | 23970183 |
| legionella spp. in uk composts--a potential public health issue? | over the past 5 years, a number of cases of legionellosis in scotland have been associated with compost use; however, studies investigating sources of infection other than water systems remain limited. this study delivers the first comprehensive survey of composts commonly available in the uk for the presence of legionella species. twenty-two store-bought composts, one green-waste compost and one home-made compost were tested for legionella by culture methods on bcye-α medium, and the findings w ... | 2014 | 24165476 |
| comparison of legionella longbeachae and legionella pneumophila cases in scotland; implications for diagnosis, treatment and public health response. | the reported incidence of legionnaires' disease caused by legionella longbeachae has increased since 2008 in scotland. while microbiological and epidemiological studies have identified exposure to growing media as a risk factor for infection, little is known about the differences regarding disease risk factors, clinical features and outcomes of infection with l. longbeachae when compared with l. pneumophila. a nested case-case study was performed comparing 12 l. longbeachae cases with 25 confirm ... | 2016 | 26704297 |
| legionellosis. legionella pneumophila infections in scotland, 1988. | | 1990 | 2386671 |
| a cumulative review of studies on travellers, their experience of illness and the implications of these findings. | a cumulative review of illness experienced by 13,816 travellers returning to scotland since 1977, shows an overall attack rate of 36%. alimentary complaints predominated; 18% of travellers had these alone and a further 10% had other symptoms as well as their gastro-intestinal disorder. higher attack rates were noted in those taking package holidays. inexperience of travel, smoking, more southerly travel and younger age (particularly those between 20- and 29-years-old) were other contributing fac ... | 1990 | 2166766 |
| Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 infections linked to Potting Compost. | Four cases of legionellosis caused by Legionella longbeachae Serogroup (Sg) 1 were identified in Scotland from 2008 to 2010. All cases had exposure to commercially manufactured growing media or potting soils, commonly known as multi-purpose compost (MPC), in greenhouse conditions, prior to disease onset. Two cases had been using the same brand of MPC, however the clinical isolates were distinct genotypically by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis, but an indistinguishable AFLP ... | 2011 | 21940651 |
| legionella infections in scotland: 1998. | | 1999 | 10598387 |
| legionnaires' disease. | | 1994 | 8778966 |
| monitoring of hospital water supplies for legionella. | in order to determine the value of regular surveillance for legionella in the prevention of hospital-acquired (nosocomial) legionellosis, water samples were obtained over a three-year period from 17 hospitals located in england and scotland. prior to the study, all of the hospitals had in operation defined protocols and maintenance schedules which followed national guidelines for the prevention of legionellosis in health care premises. six samples, from key locations in the water system of each ... | 1993 | 8101197 |
| legionella infections in scotland. | four thousand two hundred and thirty-five sera from 2794 patients and 740 sera from 735 tourists domiciled in scotland recently returned from abroad were examined between 1977 and 1981 for antibodies to legionella pneumophila and related organisms. in addition, specimens were examined from some patients for cultural or serological demonstration of these organisms in lung or sputum. one hundred and ten cases were diagnosed, 104 serologically, five by immunofluorescence demonstration of legionella ... | 1982 | 7153509 |
| outbreak of legionellosis in a community. report of an ad-hoc committee. | of 33 patients infected in an outbreak of legionellosis in glasgow in 1984, 26 lived in the dennistoun district and the remainder either worked in or visited there. there were three main clusters of cases, the onset of illness being in early and mid june in two clusters and early september in the third. most patients were not severely ill, but 1 patient died. the likely source of infection was a cooling tower from which legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was isolated. strains indistinguishable f ... | 1986 | 2874378 |
| subgroups of legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. | | 1987 | 2883420 |