Development of a new CARD-FISH protocol for quantification of Legionella pneumophila and its application in two hospital cooling towers

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1244-1256

  Kirschner, A K T ^a   Rameder, A ^a   Schrammel, B ^a   Indra, A ^b   Farnleitner, A H ^c   Sommer, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

CARD FISH; Competitor probe hospital; Cooling tower; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Legionella; Viable but nonculturable

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING SYSTEMS; COOLING TOWERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; PROBES; RISK PERCEPTION;

CATALYZED REPORTER DEPOSITION FISH; COMPETITOR PROBE HOSPITAL; CULTURABLE; CULTURE METHODS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; RAPID DETECTION; SPECIFIC DETECTION; VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE;

HOSPITALS;

BIOCIDE;

BACTERIUM; COOLING; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PESTICIDE; PROBE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COOLING TOWER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84860841261     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05289.x     Document Type: Article

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