Detection of Legionella pneumophila serogroup 7 strain from bathwater samples in a Japanese hospital

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-108

  Fujimura, Shigeru ^a,d   Oka, Tomohiro ^b   Tooi, Osamu ^b   Meguro, Miho ^a   Chiba, Miyuki ^a   Kawamura, Masato ^a   Maki, Fumi ^c   Takeda, Hiroaki ^c   Watanabe, Akira ^d  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Towa Kagaku Co   (Japan)

^c Yamagata Saisei Hospital   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bathwater; Hospital; Legionella pneumophila; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BATH; CULTURE MEDIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; JAPAN; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURSING HOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTYPE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 33646460113     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-005-0428-5     Document Type: Article

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