Correlation between Legionella contamination in water and surrounding air

被引：17

作者：

Crimi, Paolo

Macrina, Gianni

Grieco, Antonio

Tinteri, Carola

Copello, Laura

Rebora, Daniela

Galli, Angelo

Rizzetto, Rolando

机构：

[1] San Martino Hosp, Dept Hlth Sci, I-16132 Genoa, Italy

[2] San Martino Hosp, Dept Burn Care, I-16132 Genoa, Italy

来源：

INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY | 2006年 / 27卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1086/504446

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We evaluated Legionella pneumophila contamination of water and surrounding air in a burn care department equipped with bathtubs. In water, the bacterium always aerosolized, but in surrounding air, it diluted itself to such a point that it became undetectable at 1 m or more from the source of emission, which indicated that patients were at low risk of inhaling a dangerous quantity of the microbe.

引用

页码：771 / 773

页数：3

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