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Environmental surveillance and molecular epidemiology of waterborne pathogen Legionella pneumophila in health-care facilities of Northeastern Greece: a 4-year survey.
Environmental science and pollution research international - 1 May 2015
Alexandropoulou Ioanna G, Ntougias Spyridon, Konstantinidis Theocharis G, Parasidis Theodoros A, Panopoulou Maria, Constantinidis Theodoros C
Abstract excerpt
A 4-year proactive environmental surveillance of Legionella spp. in the water distribution and cooling systems of five health-care facilities was carried out as part of the strategy for the prevention of hospital-acquired Legionnaires' disease in Northeastern Greece. Legionella spp. were detected in 71 out of 458 collected samples. The majority of strains belonged to Legionella pneumophila serogroups 2-15...
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