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Legionnaires' Disease

1977 • 1,687 citations

Preliminary report on the pathogenicity of Legionella pneumophila for freshwater and soil amoebae.

1980 • 979 citations

Ecological distribution of Legionella pneumophila

1981 • 560 citations

An Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease Associated with a Contaminated Air-Conditioning Cooling Tower

1980 • 413 citations

Legionnairesʼ Disease

1980 • 379 citations

LEGIONELLACEAE IN THE HOSPITAL WATER-SUPPLY

1983 • 262 citations

Ecology of Legionella pneumophila within water distribution systems

1985 • 225 citations

Legionnaires' disease: New clinical perspective from a prospective pneumonia study

1982 • 219 citations

Development of a standardized subgrouping scheme for Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 using monoclonal antibodies

1986 • 218 citations

Detection of viable Legionella pneumophila in water by polymerase chain reaction and gene probe methods

1991 • 216 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease Caused by Aerosolized Tap Water from Respiratory Devices

1982 • 216 citations

A Controlled Trial of Educational Outreach to Improve Blood Transfusion Practice

1993 • 192 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease: A Continuing Common-Source Epidemic at Wadsworth Medical Center

1979 • 184 citations

Isolation of the Legionnaires' Disease Bacterium from Environmental Samples

1979 • 178 citations

EFFECT OF A ROTATING BED ON THE INCIDENCE OF PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS

1988 • 175 citations

Comparison of ribotyping and restriction enzyme analysis using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for distinguishing Legionella pneumophila isolates obtained during a nosocomial outbreak

1992 • 169 citations

Nosocomial legionnaires' disease: Aspiration as a primary mode of disease acquisition

1993 • 169 citations

Comparative assessment of chlorine, heat, ozone, and UV light for killing Legionella pneumophila within a model plumbing system

1987 • 166 citations

Efficacy of copper and silver ions and reduced levels of free chlorine in inactivation of Legionella pneumophila

1989 • 157 citations

Intracellular multiplication ofLegionella pneumophila in amoebae isolated from hospital hot water tanks

1989 • 154 citations

Comparative Features of Pneumococcal, Mycoplasmal, and Legionnaires' Disease Pneumonias

1979 • 139 citations

Controlled Evaluation of Copper-Silver Ionization in Eradicating Legionella pneumophila from a Hospital Water Distribution System

1994 • 135 citations

Reactivity of Serum from Patients with Suspected Legionellosis Against 29 Antigens of Legionellaceae and Legionella-Like Organisms by Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay

1983 • 123 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease and Use of Medication Nebulizers

1991 • 119 citations

Water-Related Nosocomial Pneumonia Caused by Legionella pneumophila Serogroups 1 and 10

1985 • 118 citations

NOSOCOMIAL LEGIONELLOSIS IN SURGICAL PATIENTS WITH HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER: IMPLICATIONS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESERVOIR AND MODE OF TRANSMISSION

1985 • 118 citations

LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE IN RENAL-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

1978 • 112 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease. Epidemiologic demonstration of cooling towers as a source

1985 • 112 citations

Determinants ofLegionella pneumophilaContamination of Water Distribution Systems: 15-Hospital Prospective Study

1987 • 111 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease Uncovered in a Prospective Pneumonia Study

1983 • 108 citations

WATER FITTINGS AS SOURCES OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA IN A HOSPITAL PLUMBING SYSTEM

1984 • 108 citations

Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from water systems: methods and preliminary results.

1981 • 108 citations

Dose-Response of Guinea Pigs Experimentally Infected with Aerosols of Legionella pneumophila

1980 • 105 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease

1983 • 101 citations

Prevalence and Diagnosis of Legionella Pneumonia: A 3-Year Prospective Study with Emphasis on Application of Urinary Antigen Detection

1990 • 100 citations

The Stafford outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease

1990 • 100 citations

Advances in the Epidemiology and Control of Legionella Infections

1991 • 99 citations

Role of stagnation and obstruction of water flow in isolation of Legionella pneumophila from hospital plumbing

1984 • 97 citations

Factors Contributing to the Contamination of Hospital Water Distribution Systems by Legionellae

1992 • 94 citations

Monoclonal Antibody Reactivity as a Virulence Marker for Legionella pneumophila Serogroup 1 Strains

1988 • 90 citations

A COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OUTBREAK OF LEGIONELLOSIS

1987 • 88 citations

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA IN WATER PLUMBING SYSTEMS

1982 • 87 citations

Effects of three oxidizing biocides on Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1

1988 • 86 citations

SUBTYPES OF LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1 ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ATTACK RATES

1983 • 83 citations

Disinfection of Water Distribution Systems for Legionella: A Review of Application Procedures and Methodologies

1990 • 81 citations

Genotypic and Phenotypic Methods for the Investigation of a Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila Outbreak and Efficacy of Control Measures

1992 • 78 citations

Isolation of Legionella species from drinking water

1984 • 76 citations

Legionnaires' Disease Associated With a Hospital Water System

1988 • 75 citations

Efficacy of ozone in eradication of Legionella pneumophila from hospital plumbing fixtures

1982 • 74 citations

Nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales, 1980–92

1994 • 73 citations

Control of endemic nosocomial Legionnaires' disease by using sterile potable water for high risk patients

1991 • 72 citations

Routine Culturing for Legionella in the Hospital Environment May Be a Good Idea: A Three-Hospital Prospective Study

1987 • 69 citations

Potential in-hospital modes of transmission of legionella pneumophila. Demonstration experiments for dissemination by showers, humidifiers, and rinsing of ventilation bag apparatus

1986 • 63 citations

Nosocomial legionnaires' disease: Lessons from a four-year prospective study

1991 • 60 citations

Legionella spp. in a hospital hot water system: effect of control measures

1989 • 60 citations

Legionella incidence and density in potable drinking water supplies

1983 • 60 citations

Nosocomial legionnaires disease in a children's hospital

1989 • 58 citations

Legionella pneumophila contamination of a hospital humidifier. Demonstration of aerosol transmission and subsequent subclinical infection in exposed guinea pigs.

1983 • 57 citations

Oropharyngeal colonization with Legionella pneumophila

1983 • 55 citations

Reduction in Legionella pneumophila through Heat Flushing Followed by Continuous Supplemental Chlorination of Hospital Hot Water

1990 • 54 citations

Protocol for sampling environmental sites for legionellae

1987 • 54 citations

Laboratory diagnosis of Legionnaires' disease

1981 • 51 citations

Heat eradication measures for control of nosocomial legionnaires' disease Implementation, education, and cost analysis

1984 • 50 citations

Prevalence of Antibody to Legionella pneumophila in Middle-Aged and Elderly Americans

1979 • 49 citations

Influence of temperature on the number of Legionella pneumophila in hot water systems

1985 • 43 citations

Each water outlet is a unique ecological niche forLegionella pneumophila

1992 • 39 citations

Epidemic of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease in renal transplant recipients: a case-control and environmental study.

1989 • 38 citations

The impact of an educational program on gentamicin use in a teaching hospital

1982 • 38 citations

Prevention of Legionella Infections in a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit: Multifaceted Approach to Decontamination of a Water System

1993 • 35 citations

Indirect immunofluorescence antibodies to Legionella pneumophila: frequency in a rural community

1980 • 34 citations

Discovery of occult legionella pneumonia in a long stay hospital: results of prospective serological survey.

1987 • 33 citations

Nosocomial Outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease: Molecular Epidemiology and Disease Control Measures

1987 • 28 citations

A field study of the survival ofLegionella pneumophilain a hospital hot–water system

1990 • 26 citations

Comparison of culture methods and an immunofluorescence assay for the detection ofLegionella pneumophila in domestic hot water devices

1992 • 24 citations

False positive Legionella pneumophila direct immunofluorescent monoclonal antibody test caused by Bacillus cereus spores

1988 • 23 citations

[Multiplication and killing temperatures of naturally occurring legionellas].

1987 • 21 citations

Fiberoptic bronchoscopic diagnosis of pulmonary disease in 151 HIV-infected patients with pneumonitis

1991 • 21 citations

High Prevalence of Positive Antibodies to Legionella pneumophila among Outpatients

1991 • 20 citations

State Regulation of Hospital Water Temperature

1993 • 18 citations

Maintenance of cooling towers following two outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease in a city

1990 • 18 citations

Failure of a diagnostic monoclonal immunofluorescent reagent to detect Legionella pneumophila in environmental samples

1990 • 14 citations