Relationship between colonization of hospital building with Legionella pneumophila and hot water temperatures
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 46 (3) , 769-770
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.46.3.769-770.1983
Abstract
Legionella pneumophila was isolated from four hospital buildings that maintained hot water storage temperatures at 43 to 45 degrees C. Two adjacent hospital buildings with negative cultures maintained temperatures at 58 to 60 degrees C.Keywords
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