| outbreak of legionnaires' disease associated with a display whirlpool spa. | recognized outbreaks of legionnaires' disease (ld) are rare; when they occur, they provide opportunities to understand the epidemiology of the illness and improve prevention strategies. we investigated a population-based outbreak. | 2000 | 11101553 |
| ultraviolet light disinfection of hospital water for preventing nosocomial legionella infection: a 13-year follow-up. | cdc has estimated that 23% of legionella infections are nosocomial. when a new hospital was being constructed and a substantial increase in transplantation was anticipated, an ultraviolet light apparatus was installed in the water main of the new building because 27% of water samples from taps in the old hospital contained legionella. this study reports the rate of nosocomial legionella infection and water contamination since opening the new hospital. | 2003 | 12940578 |
| a 1949 outbreak of pontiac fever-like illness in steam condenser cleaners. | a 1949 outbreak of flu-like illness in steam-turbine condenser cleaners was investigated in 1979. clinical and epidemiologic features matched those in previously described outbreaks of nonpneumonic legionellosis (pontiac fever). titers by indirect immunofluorescence using polyvalent legionella pneumophila antigen were significantly higher for late convalescent-phase serum samples from condenser workers than for control serum samples submitted to the centers for disease control. three workers who ... | 1985 | 3888124 |