The prevalence of environmentral colonization of Legionella in hospital water systems in Taiwan – a 20 hospital surveillance
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Methods Twenty hospitals (Hospitals A to T) throughout Taiwan (8 in northern, 2 in central, 7 in southern, 2 in eastern Taiwan, and one in rural island) were cultured for Legionella. We followed the standardized protocol to perform environmental cultures using (1) water samples; (2) BCYE and DGVP culture media; (3) latex agglutination test (LAX) and direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) technique for L. pneumophila speciation and serotyping. We also perform speciation for L. micdadei since it is implicated in transplant patients.
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