title: Correlation between Legionella contamination in water and surrounding air.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. paolo.crimi@hsanmartino.liguria.it
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Crimi
authors.forename: Gianni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Macrina
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grieco
authors.forename: Carola
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tinteri
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Copello
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rebora
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: Rolando
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizzetto
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D002056:Burns / Q000628:therapy; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology