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Epidemiology Greenberg D, Chiou C, Famigilleti R, Lee T, Yu VL. Pedtatric legionelloisis. implications for underdiagnosis. Lancet Infect Dis 2006 August ; 6: 529-535.Squier CL, Stout JE, Krsytofiak S, McMahon J, Wagener MM, Dixon B, Yu VL. A proactive approach to prevention of health care-acquired Legionnaires' disease: the Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) experience. Am J Infect Control. 2005;33:360-7. Sabria M, Yu VL. Hospital-acquired legionellosis: solutions for a preventable infection. Lancet Infect Dis. 2002;2:368-73 Yu VL. Nosocomial legionellosis. Curr Opinion Infect Dis 2000;13:385-388 Cordes LG, Wisenthal AW, Gorman GW, Phair JP, Brown A, Yu VL, Magnussen MH, Meyer RD, Wold JS, Shands KN, Fraser DW."Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from hospital shower heads."Ann Intern Med 1981;94:195197. Yu VL."Legionnaires' disease:"an epidemiologic overview."JAMA 245:2429, 1981. Best M, Yu VL, Stout J, Goetz A, Muder RR, Taylor F. Legionellaceae in the hospital water supply:"epidemiological link with disease and evaluation of a method for control of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease and Pittsburgh pneumonia agent."Lancet 1983;2:307310. Muder RR, Yu VL, McClure J, Kroboth FJ, Kominos S, Lumish RM."Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease uncovered in a prospective pneumonia study:"implications for underdiagnosis."JAMA 1983;249:31843188. Johnson JT, Yu VL, Best MG, Vickers R, Goetz A, Wagner, R, Wicker H, Woo A."Nosocomial Legionellois in surgical patients with head and neck cancer:"implications for epidemiologic reservoir and mode of transmission."Lancet 1985;2:298300. Korvick J, Yu VL."Legionnaires' disease"an emerging surgical problem."Ann Thoracic Surg 1987; 43:341347. Stout J, Joly J, Para P, Plouffe J, Ciesielski, Blaser M, Yu VL."Comparison of molecular methods for subtyping patient and epidemiologicallylinked environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila."J Infec Dis 1988; 157:486495. Fang GD, Fine M, Orloff J, Arisumi D, Yu VL, Kapoor W, Grayston T, Wang SP, Kohler R, Muder RR, Yee YC, Rihs JD, Vickers RM."New and emerging etiologies for community-acquired pneumonia with implications for therapy: A prospective multicenter study of 359 cases."Medicine 1990: 69:307316. Oliverio MJ, Fisher MA, Vickers RM, Yu VL, Menon A."Diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease by radioimmunoassay of Legionella antigen in pleural fluid."J Clin Microbiol 1991; 28932894. Singh N, Muder RR, Yu VL, Gayowski T."Legionella infection in liver transplant recipients: implications for management."Transplantation 1993;56:15491551. Chang FY, Jacobs SL, Colodny SM, Stout JL, Yu VL."Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella pneumophila, serogroup 5: laboratory and epidemiological infection."J Infect Dis 1996;174:1116-1119. Yu VL."Infection due to Legionella pneumophila."In:"Mandell G, et al, eds."Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, ChurchillLivingston, 1994 Chow JW, Yu VL. Legionella: A major opportunistic pathogen in transplant recipients. Semin Resp Infect 1998;13:132-139. |