Legionnaire Disease

Researchers from University of Turin describe findings in legionnaire disease

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, April 18th, 2010

In this recent report, researchers in Turin, Italy conducted a study "To compare the efficiency of the ScanVIT-Legionella ™ test (Vermicon, Munich, Germany) vs a conventional culture method for the quantification of Legionella spp. in hospital water samples in daily hospital practice. The detection of Legionella spp. takes place on a cultivated filter brought into contact with dye-marked gene probes."

"The results are analysed under fluorescence microscopy. Bacteria that light up green belong to the genus Legionella; those that light up both green and red belong to the species Legionella pneumophila. that the ScanVIT test has a sensitivity of 90%; agreement...

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Source: Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week (2010-04-18)

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