Publications

legionellosis associated with artesian well excavation.	in october 1990 pneumonia due to legionella pneumophila was diagnosed in two employees working in the area of apulia, southern italy, where artesian wells were in construction. although the exposure to excavation has been associated with legionnaires' disease, in our investigation the illness occurred only in those employees who were present when the water emerged from the ground under high pressure. on the basis of this report, water appears as the most likely reservoir of the organism and the ...	1992	1426178
[legionellosis in apulia (italy): an underevaluated disease].	the frequent occurrence of legionnaires' disease outbreaks in many countries, including italy, highlights the importance of epidemiological investigations on this disease. for this purpose, an active surveillance programme of pneumonia patients was carried out in a large hospital in apulia (italy) from march 2001 to december 2003. a total of 612 patients were tested for legionella pneumophila infection by urinary antigen detection and evaluation of antibodies titre. culture of respiratory specim ...	2005	15869165
environmental surveillance and molecular investigation of legionella spp. in apulia, in the years 2008-2011.	legionella spp. is considered an emerging microorganism involved in aquatic environments contamination and cause of legionnaires' disease. the aims of the study are to evaluate the level of contamination of legionella spp. in the water system of the largest hospital of apulia region during a 4-year surveillance and to establish, by molecular method, the presence of a predominant genotype of l. pn. sg 1. the results showed that legionella spp. was present in 36% of water samples with legionella p ...	2013	24048182
sequence based typing of legionella pneumophila sg 1 isolated in nosocomial acquired infections in apulia, southern italy.	the present report aims to molecularly characterize seven clinical l. pneumophila (l. pn.) sg 1 isolated from nosocomial acquired infections in apulia region, using the european working group on legionella infections (ewgli), sequence-based typing (sbt) and amplified fragment length polymorphism (aflp) protocols and to compare the identified sequence types (sts) with those available in the ewgli database.	2013	24783896