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Legionella pneumophila contamination of hospital dishwashers.

American journal of infection control - 1 Aug 2018

Yoshida Makiko, Furuya Naoko, Hosokawa Naoto, Kanamori Hajime, Kaku Mitsuo, Koide Michio, Higa Futoshi, Fujita Jiro

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In a tertiary hospital, Legionella spp were isolated from taps and from ward dishwashers connected to contaminated tap piping. Our investigation revealed favorable conditions for growth of Legionella, and showed that Legionella pneumophila SG6 isolates from the taps and dishwashers were all genetically identical by repetitive-element polymerase chain reaction. These results suggest that contaminated dishwashers...

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PMID: 29502885
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.01.024

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