Legionella contamination of hospital water supplies: Monitoring of private healthcare facilities in Bologna, Italy

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 220-223

  Legnani, P P ^a   Leoni, E ^a   Corradini, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hospital water supplies; Legionellae; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; WARD; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; CROSS INFECTION; HEAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIVATE HOSPITAL;

CROSS INFECTION; HEAT; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036515968     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.2002.1180     Document Type: Article

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