Comparison of conventional culture and PCR methods for the detection of Legionella pneumophila in water

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-110

  Villari, P ^a,b   Motti, E ^a   Farullo, C ^a   Torre, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; CONVENTIONAL CULTURE METHOD; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; PCR METHOD; POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANES; QUANTITATIVE DATA; TAP WATER; TAP-WATER SAMPLES;

MICROFILTRATION;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FILTRATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 0031826627     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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