Presence and Persistence of Viable, Clinically Relevant Legionella pneumophila Bacteria in Garden Soil in the Netherlands

Garden soils were investigated as reservoirs and potential sources of pathogenic Legionella bacteria. Legionella bacteria were detected in 22 of 177 garden soil samples (12%) by amoebal coculture. Of these 22 Legionella-positive soil samples, seven contained Legionella pneumophila. Several other spe...

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Autores principales: van Heijnsbergen, E., van Deursen, A., Bouwknegt, M., Bruin, J. P., de Roda Husman, A. M., Schalk, J. A. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
Materias:
Environmental Microbiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27316958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00595-16

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27316958
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00595-16

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