Evaluation of the usefulness of a new direct immunofluorescence assay (ScanVIT-Legionella™) for monitoring hospital water systems contaminated with Legionella spp.

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 341-346

  Ditommaso, S ^a   Giacomuzzi, M ^a   Gentile, M ^a   Zotti, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental water samples; Immunofluorescence; Legionella; Quantification; Standard culture method

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOSPITALS;

CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; CULTURE METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE ASSAY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPP; MUNICH , GERMANY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TEST METHOD; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SYSTEM; WILCOXON TEST;

TESTING;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; SCANVIT TEST; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 77949393165     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02797.x     Document Type: Article

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