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Environmental surveillance of Legionella pneumophila in distal water supplies of a hospital for early identification & prevention of hospital-acquired legionellosis

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES: Legionella pneumophila, a ubiquitous aquatic organism is found to be associated with the development of the community as well as hospital-acquired pneumonia. Diagnosing Legionella infection is difficult unless supplemented with, diagnostic laboratory testing and establis...

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Autores principales: Jinna, Shihail, Gaikwad, Ujjwala Nitin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6118141/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30168494
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_527_17