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Volume 80, Issue 3 , Pages 259-261 , March 2012

Legionella pneumophila contamination in a steam towel warmer in a hospital setting

F. Higa
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Corresponding author. Address: Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan. Tel.: +81 98 895 1144; fax: +81 98 895 1414.
M. Koide
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
A. Haroon
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
S. Haranaga
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
T. Yamashiro
- Department of Blood Transfusion, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
M. Tateyama
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
J. Fujita
- Department of Infectious, Respiratory, and Digestive Medicine, Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Received 28 September 2011 ,Accepted 15 December 2011.

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