Virulence of Legionella pneumophila strains isolated from hospital water system and healthcare-associated Legionnaires' disease in Northern Italy between 2004 and 2009

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Ditommaso, Savina ^a   Giacomuzzi, Monica ^a   Rivera, Susan R A ^a   Raso, Roberto ^b   Ferrero, Pierangela ^b   Zotti, Carla M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Servizio di riferimento Regionale di Epidemiologia per la sorveglianza   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MAB 1; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MAB 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SAMPLING; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84907296283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-483     Document Type: Article

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