The efficacy of heat and chlorine treatment against thermotolerant Acanthamoebae and Legionellae

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 656-662

  Storey, Michael V ^a   Winiecka Krusnell, Jadwiga ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^b   Stenström, Thor Axel ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL VACUOLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEAT STRESS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA BIRMINGHAMIENSIS; LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII; LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII; LEGIONELLA ERYTHRA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CHLORINE; DISINFECTION; HEAT; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 4644275165     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020785     Document Type: Article

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