Data on Legionella prevalence and water quality in showers of retirement homes and group homes in the Province of Rome, Lazio Region, Italy
| Autor: | Gian Loreto D'Alò, Alessandra Messina, C Mozzetti, Patrizia De Filippis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
Multidisciplinary biology Legionella Settore MED/42 - Igiene Generale e Applicata 030111 toxicology 010501 environmental sciences lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Distribution system 03 medical and health sciences Geography Lazio region Environmental health lcsh:R858-859.7 Latex test Water quality lcsh:Science (General) lcsh:Q1-390 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Data in Brief, Vol 19, Iss, Pp 2364-2373 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2352-3409 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.dib.2018.07.026 |
| Popis: | The data presented in this article are related to the research paper titled ''Prevalence of Legionella in retirement homes and group homes water distribution systems'' (De Filippis, 2018) [3]. Most of the cases of Legionella infection are sporadic and occur in community-dwellers. Hot water and biofilm samples from the showerheads of 26 retirement homes and 9 group homes hosting closed communities were collected, in order to evaluate the prevalence of Legionella and generic water quality parameters (Heterotrophic Plate Counts at 22 °C and 37 °C). Samples were tested by culture method for the presence of Legionella. Confirmation and identification were carried out through Latex test and PCR. Further data about buildings’ number of floors and rooms were collected, and put in relation to the presence of Legionella through constructing contingency tables and performing exact fisher׳s or Chi-square tests. Cold (< 30 °C) water samples are analyzed apart. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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