Detection and serotyping of legionella pneumophila in faucets of selected intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in the Philippines
Hospital water systems are now considered as primary reservoir for nosocomial transmission of Legionnaires? disease, a fatal respiratory disease caused by Legionella spp. (Yu PY et al., 2007). In these settings, immunocompromised patients can be exposed to aerosols produced by aerosol-generating de...
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Language: | English |
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2017
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