legionella

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• Initially, silver concentrations were not allowed to exceed 10 ppb and Legionella counts were reduced from 40,000 cfu/L to 7 cfu/L, a significant 3.8-log reduction.

  Academic text (2001)

• Table 1 compares chlorine dioxide with three other technologies used to control Legionella in potable water.

  Academic text (2002)

• For example, we recently diagnosed a case of Legionella micdadei infection, which had never been known to cause an abscess.

  Academic text (2003)

• Legionnaires' disease is a particularly nasty infection caused by Legionella bacteria, found in freshwater throughout the world.

  Blog text (10)

• Although some cases of hemorrhage have been reported during pregnancy, rifampicin has been used safely for the treatment of severe Legionella infection.

  Academic text (2007)

• Radiologically, these pneumonias are confined to one lung (often only one lobe of one lung, although Legionella and viral pneumonias can involve several lobes).

  Blog text (29)

• Numerous facilities operating secondary water distribution systems are searching for the appropriate point-of-entry (POE) disinfection technology to reduce the occurrence of Legionella and other pathogens at distal sites.

  Academic text (2002)

• Acute- and convalescent-phase serum specimens were tested for C. burnetii and Legionella pneumophila by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) as described (5).

  Academic text (2014)

• The specific source of the legionella bacteria has not been pinpointed.

• Legionnaires' disease is a particularly nasty infection caused by legionella bacteria, found in freshwater throughout the world.

Synonyms

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Legionella pneumophila

vslegionella

• Specialized

1 7.3

A germ that lives in water and causes Legionnaires' disease

is a broader group including other related species not only the main human cause

Compounds

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Legionella pneumophila

• Specialized

1 7.3

A germ that lives in water and causes Legionnaires' disease

Surface Forms

Etymology