Efficacy of the detection of Legionella in hot and cold water samples by culture and PCR. I. Standardization of methods.

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 289-293

  Wójcik Fatla, Angelina ^a   Stojek, Nimfa Maria ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Culture; Detection; Efficacy; Legionella; Methods; PCR; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; COLD WATER; DNA FRAGMENT; HOT WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA ISOLATION; FILTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; WATER SAMPLING;

COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER WELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84863533998     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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