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Legionella Colonization of the Respiratory Tract in Patients Without Nosocomial Exposure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Savina Ditommaso ,
Monica Giacomuzzi ,
Marino Gentile ,
Angela Ruggenini Moiraghi ,
Roberto Arione ,
Sergio Baldi ,
Paolo Solidoro ,
Adriano Ceccarelli  and
Carla M. Zotti
Savina Ditommaso*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Monica Giacomuzzi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Marino Gentile
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Angela Ruggenini Moiraghi
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Roberto Arione
Affiliation:
Direzione Sanitaria, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Sergio Baldi
Affiliation:
Divisione di Pneumologia, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Paolo Solidoro
Affiliation:
Divisione di Pneumologia, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Adriano Ceccarelli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Biologiche, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
Carla M. Zotti
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e di Microbiologia, Università di Torino, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Torino, Italy
*
Via Santena 5 bis 10126 Torino, (savina.ditommaso@unito.it)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 5 , May 2008 , pp. 470 - 471
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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