Burns
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 50-54 , February 2005

One-year surveillance of legionellosis in burned patients and Legionella environmental monitoring

  • L. Franzin

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Turin, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +390114393908; fax: +390114393908.
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  • M. Stella

      Affiliations

    • Burn Centre, CTO Hospital, Via Zuretti 29, 10126 Turin, Italy
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  • T. Zaccaria

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Turin, Italy
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  • D. Cabodi

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Diseases Unit, University of Turin, Corso Svizzera 164, 10149 Turin, Italy
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  • M. Castellani Pastoris

      Affiliations

    • Department of Bacteriology and Medical Mycology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy

,Accepted 16 June 2004.

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PII: S0305-4179(04)00180-9

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.06.009

Burns
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