Publications

nosocomial legionellosis associated with use of oxygen bubble humidifiers and underwater chest drains.	in 1 year 12 of 48 patients who developed fatal pneumonia following admission with non-respiratory disorders to the hospital molinette, torino, yielded legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 from lung at autopsy. patients were hospitalized on seven different wards for different conditions; only two of the wards had air conditioning but legionellas were not isolated from these. all patients were in poor health or immunocompromised. some patients had inhaled humidified oxygen from piped supplies and t ...	1987	2888811
legionella pneumophila in a hospital in torino, italy. a retrospective one-year study.	legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was isolated from post mortem specimens from 13 out of 58 patients with pneumonia diagnosed at autopsy. the results of a study undertaken in the hospital environment showed that the water plumbing system was colonized with l. pneumophila serogroup 1 which could also be isolated from respiratory devices filled with tap water. control measures instituted are described.	1989	2917615
a preliminary assessment of the occupational risk of acquiring legionnaires' disease for people working in telephone manholes, a new workplace environment for legionella growth.	telephone manholes (tms) are underground wells, used in italy by the telecommunication companies to locate telephone networks. following a fatal case of legionnaires' disease (ld), acquired during working activity in a tm, we investigated whether legionella was present in tms and could be a risk for manhole workers (mws).	2010	20472324