[Air microbial sampling: the state of the art].
Air microbial sampling is a subject of great interest in different fields of human activity; however, generally accepted indications, concerning both the sampling methods to be used and the interpretation of the results, are still lacking. The whole theme is greatly debated and several problems remains to be solved. The aim of this article is to provide knowledge relating to the problems associated with air microbial sampling, underlining the aspects to be considered in order to choice the sampling method on the basis of the objective of the sampling itself and on the knowledge of the characteristics and limits of the different methods.
Pasquarella
Cesira
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Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica, Sezione di Igiene, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy. ira.pasquarella@unipr.it
Albertini
Roberto
R
Dall'aglio
Pierpaolo
P
Saccani
Elisa
E
Sansebastiano
Giuliano Ezio
GE
Signorelli
Carlo
C
D000391:Air Microbiology; D000397:Air Pollution; D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009873:Operating Rooms; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014944:World Health Organization
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