Epidemiological investigation of a case of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in Taiwan: implications for routine environmental surveillance S.T. Chien,

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Epidemiological investigation of a case of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in Taiwan: implications for routine environmental surveillance S.T. Chien, C.-M. Fong, J.C. Hsueh, T.-M. Lee, R.-J. Ben, S.-T. Chou Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 761-763 (June 2010) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02890.x Copyright © 2010 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

FIG. 1 The pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern showed that the Legionella pneumophila serogroup 3 of the patient matched the L. pneumophila serogroup 3 from hospital A, but not hospital C. ATCC, American Type Culture Collection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2010 16, 761-763DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02890.x) Copyright © 2010 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions