Microbiological evaluation of hospital textiles and textiles from the food-processing industry

Authors: Sabina FIJAN, Sonja ŠOSTAR-TURK Corresponding author: Sabina FIJAN Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Abstract: Industrial laundries have a goal of maintaining and constantly improving the quality of their services. The main aim of laundering hospital textiles and textiles from the food-processing industry is to remove soiling and microorganisms from…

Survival of francisella tularensis subsp. novicida after exposure to different high temperatures

Authors: Iva LAZARIĆ, Diana JURČIĆ MOMČILOVIĆ, Martin BREZOVEC, Vildana SEMIĆ, Marina ŠANTIĆ Corresponding author: Marina ŠANTIĆ Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Abstract: Francisella tularensis is a gram-negative facultative intracellular bacterium that can cause a fatal disease, tularaemia, in human and animals. This organism has been isolated from over 250…

Comparison of virulence of L. longbeachae to other legionella strains in an animal model

Authors: Ivana GOBIN, Marina ŠaNTIĆ, Kaća SELENIĆ, Martina ŠAREC, Milorad ŠUŠA, Miljenko DORIĆ Corresponding author:  Ivana GOBIN Type of paper: Original scientific paper Issue: Volume 2 | number 2 – 2008 Photo: Trend100.tk Abstract: Legionella species are one of the causing agents of bacterial pneumonia. Legionella pneumophila accounts for the vast majority of cases in most of the world,…