Factors affecting the recovery of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 from cooling tower water systems

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 161-166

  Lu, H F ^a   Tsou, M F ^a   Huang, S Y ^a   Tsai, W C ^a   Chung, J G ^a   Cheng, K S ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Filtration; Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1; Selectivity; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; FILTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; WATER SAMPLING;

AIR CONDITIONING; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FILTRATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0034797070     PISSN: 02532662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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