| [surveillance and testing of domestic installations according to the new drinking water regulations]. | effective 1.1.2003 the new drinking water regulation (trinkwv2001) was enacted. for public health authorities new tasks result, for example the monitoring of house installations with supply of drinking water for the public, in particular in hospitals, old person nursing homes, kindergartens, schools, hotels, restaurants etc. public health authorities are obligated to establish a monitor programme on the basis of suitable controls by random sampling. the investigations of drinking water are to ex ... | 2003 | 14685927 |
| occurrence and parameters of frequency of legionella in warm water systems of hospitals and hotels in lower saxony. | a total of 1241 water samples was investigated from 103 hospitals and 62 hotels in lower saxony 1985-87. 331 of 949 samples from hospitals and 26 of 292 samples from hotels were legionella positive. all together 70% of the hospitals and 18% of the hotels investigated were legionella positive, and 836 strains of legionella were isolated (table 1). as they could be diagnosed they belong to l. pneumophila sg1 306 strains, sg2 36 strains, sg3 127 strains, sg4 45 strain, sg5 29 strain, sg6 106 strain ... | 1988 | 3134774 |
| subtyping of legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 strains isolated in germany using monoclonal antibodies. | legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 (lp1) strains isolated from patients and hot water supplies in different locations of germany were subtyped using seven monoclonal antibodies (mabs) in the indirect immunofluorescence test (ifa) and in part, using a dot blot assay. four of these mabs were produced in dresden. three mabs (mab 33g3, mab 32a12 and mab 144c2) were kindly supplied by j. joly, quebec, canada. altogether, seven antigenic variants were found among lp1 strains isolated in germany. patie ... | 1992 | 1520976 |
| [legionellae in dental units--a hygienic risk?]. | water samples were collected from the hot water systems and from dental units in 12 dental offices of dresden and cultured for legionellae. from seven (58%) hot water supplies and from dental units in 6 (50%) offices legionellae could be isolated. to asses the hygienic risk for dental staff we studied the prevalence of antibodies against legionellae in serum samples of 113 dentists, 105 dental nurses and 17 dental technicians. in comparison with a control group of healthy people (132 women, 161 ... | 1992 | 1295589 |