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Strategies for Infection Control of Nosocomial Legionnaires' Disease: Four-Year Surveillance Experience in a Teaching Hospital in Italy

Published:2014-04-09 Issue: Volume: Page:473-476
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Author:

Boccia S.¹,Borella P.²,Romano-Spica V.³,Laurenti P.¹,Cambieri A.⁴,Branca G.⁵,Tumbarello M.⁶,Cauda R.⁶,Fadda G.⁵,Ricciardi G.¹

Affiliation:

1. Institute of Hygiene; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; 00168 Rome Italy

2. Department of Hygiene; University of Modena and Reggio Emilia; 41100 Modena Italy

3. Hygiene Laboratory, Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences; University Institute for Movement Sciences; 00194 Rome Italy

4. Hospital Head Unit; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; 00168 Rome Italy

5. Institute of Microbiology; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; 00168 Rome Italy

6. Institute of Infectious Diseases; Catholic University of Sacred Heart; 00168 Rome Italy

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ASM Press

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1128/9781555815660.ch114/fullpdf

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