Isolation of Legionella pneumophila from hospital cooling towers in Johor, Malaysia.
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Water-based cooling towers and their water supply at two hospitals in Johor were surveyed for the presence Legionella pneumophila. L. pneumophila were grown from 19 (76%) out of 25 collected water samples. One hospital cooling tower was contaminated with L. pneumophila serogroup 1.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
دوره 15 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1986