The Potential Risk of Legionella Infection in a Dental Unit-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

The Potential Risk of Legionella Infection in a Dental Unit

Published:2018-07-25 Issue:4 Volume:33 Page:136-142
ISSN:1882-532X
Container-title:Japanese Journal of Infection Prevention and Control
language:en
Short-container-title:Nihon Kankyou Kansen Gakkaishi

Author:

FUSHIMI Kana¹,SAITO Atsuko¹,SARATANI Kazuma¹²,TSUCHIYA Ken¹³,IKEGAYA Kazuko¹³,KASEZAWA Yuri¹³,TOKUHAMA Junichi¹²,HARADA Seiji¹²,SHIBATA Hiroshi⁴,TAKAMORI Kouji¹⁵,MASUDA Masafumi¹⁴

Affiliation:

1. Infection Control Committee, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital

2. Department of Pharmacy, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital

3. Department of Clinical Laboratory, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital

4. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital

5. Department of Oral Surgery, Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital

Publisher

Japanese Society of Environmental Infections

Subject

Epidemiology

Link

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsei/33/4/33_136/_pdf

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