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Main Title Relationship between Colonization of Hospital Buildings with 'Legionella pneumophila' and Hot Water Temperatures.
Author Plouffe, J. F. ; Webster, L. R. ; Hackman, B. ;
CORP Author Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Div. of Infectious Diseases.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, NC.
Year Published 1983
Report Number EPA-R-812704; EPA/600/J-83/359;
Stock Number PB87-169157
Additional Subjects Lobar pneumonia ; Hospitals ; Water analysis ; Water supply ; Epidemiology ; Bacteriology ; Disease vectors ; Contaminants ; Legionnaires disease ; Legionella pneumophila ; Hot water
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Abstract
Legionella pneumophila was isolated from four hospital buildings that maintained hot water storage temperatures at 43 to 45 deg. C. Two adjacent hospital buildings with negative cultures maintained temperatures at 58 to 60 deg. C. (Copyright (c) American Society for Microbiology 1983.)