Publications

prevalence study of legionella spp. contamination in ferries and cruise ships.	in the last years, international traffic volume has significantly increased, raising the risk for acquisition of infectious diseases. among travel-associated infections, increased incidence of legionellosis has been reported among travellers. aim of our study was: to describe the frequency and severity of legionella spp. contamination in ferries and cruise ships; to compare the levels of contamination with those indicated by the italian ministerial guidelines for control and prevention of legion ...	2006	16620388
[identification of legionella spp. by means of cultural and molecular methods in a public hospital].	an epidemiologic study on the isolation of legionella spp from the sanitary water of a public hospital in cagliari (italy) has been performed. the aim of the study was the comparison between the isolation of various legionella spp from different hospital sources and the real hazard of legionella infection of the inpatients. two test methods were used for legionella detection: a) the culture on selective media, that has the disadvantage of being quite time-consuming and of isolating also other ba ...	2009	19385336