| [investigation on strains of legionella pneumophila, isolated from a hospital of milano, with three genotyping methods]. | various techniques have been developed in recent years for the molecular typing of microorganisms. remains particularly difficult to isolate clinical strains for the low availability of cases and even more problematic matching clinical / environmental strains. we investigated 13 strains of legionella pneumophila of clinical and environmental origin, isolated in 3 health facilities in milan (2003-2006), using three molecular typing methods: pulse-field gel electrophoresis, amplified fragment leng ... | 2009 | 20058542 |
| use of three molecular methods for investigations of legionnaires' disease in a hospital in milan. | | 2008 | 18541339 |
| [5-year surveillance for legionella pneumophila and comparison of disinfection methods in two hospitals of milan]. | we performed an environmental monitoring in an hospital to estimate the level of contamination from legionella spp., in connection with several treatments of reclamation. in period 2002-2006 we executed 238 samplings in 21 units hospitals (from hot water, biofilm, filter of the conditioning system, instrument for the assisted respiration) for the detection of legionella spp. the contaminated points have been subordinates to reclamation (hyperchlorination, maintenance of boilers/tanks, taps' and ... | 2007 | 18376574 |
| prolonged effect of two combined methods for legionella disinfection in a hospital water system. | this study was conducted in our 650 bed general hospital, which is situated on the southern outskirts of milan (italy). after a first nosocomial case of pneumonia (caused by legionella pneumophila serogroup 1), we first used a conventional method (heat shock) without success. to solve the problem we then tried a copper-silver ionization system combined with a chlorine dioxide device. during the four years after the installation of these two systems we recorded a significant (p < or = 0.05) reduc ... | 2007 | 18376573 |
| community-acquired pneumonia: is there difference in etiology between hospitalized and out-patients? | since march 1991 a prospective 1-year study of patients with community-acquired, radiologically verified, pneumonia (cap) was performed at the divisione pneumologica, ospedali riuniti bergamo, and at the centro pneumo-allergologico, bergamo, italy. the study included 119 out-patients and 60 in-patients, with a median age of 37.4 and 49.8 years respectively. there were not statistically significant differences between the patients included with respect to the various months. the most common under ... | 1995 | 7501224 |